The complexity of amphibian population declines: Understanding the role of cofactors in driving amphibian losses

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1223, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 108-119

  Blaustein, Andrew R ^a   Han, Barbara A ^b   Relyea, Rick A ^c   Johnson, Pieter T J ^d   Buck, Julia C ^a   Gervasi, Stephanie S ^a   Kats, Lee B ^e  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian population declines; Batrachochytrium; Biodiversity; Evolutionary trap; Invasive species; Parasites; Pathogens

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTAMINATION; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OZONE DEPLETION; PARASITOSIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION LOSS; POPULATION SIZE; SPECIES EXTINCTION; STRESS; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

AMPHIBIA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM;

EID: 79953128564     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05909.x     Document Type: Article

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