Review and synthesis of the effects of climate change on amphibians

Integrative Zoology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 145-161

  Li, Yiming ^a   Cohen, Jeremy M ^b   Rohr, Jason R ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian decline; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Breeding date; Climate linked epidemic hypothesis; Global warming

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; AMPHIBIANS; ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84884383150     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17494877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1749-4877.12001     Document Type: Review

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