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Extinction in our times : global amphibian decline /

Collins, James P.

Extinction in our times : global amphibian decline / James P. Collins, Martha L. Crump. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009. - xx, 273 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Declining amphibian populations and the biodiversity crisis -- Rallying around the issue of amphibian declines -- Challenges, correlates, and hypotheses -- Introduction species, commerce, and land use change -- Contaminants, global change, and emerging infectious diseases -- Unraveling the mystery -- Amphibian chytrid fungus as a cause of declines and extinctions -- New approaches to doing science and conversation -- Science policy and reacting to a challenge -- Leaping between mysteries.

9780195316940 (cloth : alk. paper) 0195316940 (cloth : alk. paper)

2008035277


Amphibian declines.
Extinct amphibians.

QL644.7 / .C65 2009

597.8/1788

QL644.7 / .C65 2009

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