Rapid enigmatic decline drives the fire salamander (salamandra salamandra) to the edge of extinction in the netherlands

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 233-239

  Spitzen Van Der Sluijs, Annemarieke ^a,d   Bosman, Wilbert ^a   Pasmans, Frank ^a   Goverse, Edo ^b   Martel, An ^b   De Zeeuw, Marnix ^a   Spikmans, Frank ^c   Van Der Meij, Tom ^d   Kik, Marja ^d  

^a Reptile Amphibian and Fish Conservation Netherlands (RAVON)   (Netherlands)

^b STATISTICS NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

enigmatic decline; local extinction; mortality; Salamandra salamandra; terrestrial salamanders

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; HABITAT LOSS; LOCAL EXTINCTION; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; RED LIST;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84884315130     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/15685381-00002891     Document Type: Article

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