Long-term data for endemic frog genera reveal potential conservation crisis in the Bale Mountains, Ethiopia

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Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 59-69

  Gower, David J ^a   Aberra, Roman K ^b   Schwaller, Silvia ^c   Largen, Malcolm J ^d   Collen, Ben ^e   Spawls, Stephen ^f   Menegon, Michele ^g   Zimkus, Breda M ^h   De Sá, Rafael ⁱ   Mengistu, Abebe A ^c   Gebresenbet, Fikirte ^j   Moore, Robin D ^k   Saber, Samy A ^j   Loader, Simon P ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d Formby ^*  (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^f Spixworth   (United Kingdom)

^g MUSEO TRIDENTINO DI SCIENZE NATURALI   (Italy)

^h HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

^j ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^k Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

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Author keywords

Africa; Afromontane; Amphibians; Bale Mountains National Park; Chytrid; Decline; Ethiopia; Management

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; EXPLOITATION; EXTINCTION; FROG; FUNGUS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; POPULATION DECLINE; STOCHASTICITY; SURVEY;

ETHIOPIA; HARENNA FOREST;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; FUNGI;

EID: 84872133694     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605311001426     Document Type: Article

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