Assessing the global zoo response to the amphibian crisis through 20-year trends in captive collections

Conservation Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 82-91

  Dawson, Jeff ^a   Patel, Freisha ^c   Griffiths, Richard A ^d   Young, Richard P ^a,b  

^a DURRELL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Captive breeding; Ex situ conservation; IUCN Red List; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; CAPTIVE BREEDING; CONSERVATION PLANNING; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; INFORMATION SYSTEM; RED LIST; SPECIES CONSERVATION; ZOO;

EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

AMPHIBIA; VERTEBRATA;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; BREEDING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME FACTOR; TRENDS; ZOO ANIMAL;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BREEDING; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENDANGERED SPECIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84954400662     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12563     Document Type: Article

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