The Amphibian Extinction Crisis - what will it take to put the action into the Amphibian Conservation Action Plan?

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Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 97-111

  Bishop, P J ^a   Angulo, A ^b   Lewis, J P ^c   Moore, R D ^c   Rabb, G B ^d   Garcia Moreno, J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b 2011 Crystal Drive ^*  (Switzerland)

^c IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group   (United States)

^d BROOKFIELD ZOO   (United States)

^e Amphibian Survival Alliance   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amphibian conservation; Amphibian Conservation Action Plan; Amphibian Survival Alliance; Amphibians; Extinction crisis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868308442     PISSN: 19933800     EISSN: 19933819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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