Quantitative evidence for global amphibian population declines

JE Houlahan, CS Findlay, BR Schmidt, AH Meyer… - Nature, 2000 - nature.com
Although there is growing concern that amphibian populations are declining globally,,, much
of the supporting evidence is either anecdotal, or derived from short-term studies at small …

Complexity in conservation: lessons from the global decline of amphibian populations

AR Blaustein, JM Kiesecker - Ecology letters, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
As part of an overall “biodiversity crisis” many amphibian populations are in decline
throughout the world. Numerous causes have been invoked to explain these declines …

The metapopulation capacity of a fragmented landscape

I Hanski, O Ovaskainen - Nature, 2000 - nature.com
Ecologists and conservation biologists have used many measures of landscape structure,,,,
to predict the population dynamic consequences of habitat loss and fragmentation,,, but …

Direct and indirect effects of climate change on amphibian populations

AR Blaustein, SC Walls, BA Bancroft, JJ Lawler… - Diversity, 2010 - mdpi.com
As part of an overall decline in biodiversity, populations of many organisms are declining
and species are being lost at unprecedented rates around the world. This includes many …

Ultraviolet radiation, toxic chemicals and amphibian population declines

AR Blaustein, JM Romansic… - Diversity and …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
As part of an overall 'biodiversity crisis', many amphibian populations are in decline
throughout the world. Numerous factors have contributed to these declines, including habitat …

Population declines and priorities for amphibian conservation in Latin America

BE Young, KR Lips, JK Reaser, R Ibáñez… - Conservation …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Although dramatic amphibian population declines have been reported worldwide, our
understanding of the extent of the declines in Latin America, where amphibian diversity is …

What is missing in amphibian decline research: insights from ecological sensitivity analysis

R Biek, WC Funk, BA Maxell, LS Mills - Conservation Biology, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Inventory, monitoring, and experimental studies have been the primary approaches for
documenting and understanding the problem of amphibian declines. However, little …

The effects of adjacent land use on wetland amphibian species richness and community composition

JE Houlahan, CS Findlay - Canadian Journal of Fisheries and …, 2003 - cdnsciencepub.com
Habitat destruction and fragmentation have been identified as possible causes of large-
scale amphibian declines. Here, we examine the effects of adjacent land use and water …

The Amphibian Extinction Crisis-what will it take to put the action into the Amphibian Conservation Action Plan?

PJ Bishop, A Angulo, JP Lewis… - SAPI EN. S …, 2012 - journals.openedition.org
The current mass extinction episode is most apparent in the amphibians. With approximately
7,000 species, amphibians are dependent on clean fresh water and damp habitats and are …

Complex life cycles and density dependence: assessing the contribution of egg mortality to amphibian declines

JR Vonesh, O De la Cruz - Oecologia, 2002 - Springer
In the last decade there has been increasing evidence of amphibian declines from relatively
pristine areas. Some declines are hypothesized to be the result of egg mortality caused by …