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- Amphibian Declines: The Conservation Status of United States Species
- Book
- 2005
- Published by: University of California Press
summary
This benchmark volume documents in comprehensive detail a major environmental crisis: rapidly declining amphibian populations and the disturbing developmental problems that are increasingly prevalent within many amphibian species. Horror stories on this topic have been featured in the scientific and popular press over the past fifteen years, invariably asking what amphibian declines are telling us about the state of the environment. Are declines harbingers of devastated ecosystems or simply weird reflections of a peculiar amphibian world?
This compendium—presenting new data, reviews of current literature, and comprehensive species accounts—reinforces what scientists have begun to suspect, that amphibians are a lens through which the state of the environment can be viewed more clearly. And, that the view is alarming and presages serious concerns for all life, including that of our own species.
The first part of this work consists of more than fifty essays covering topics from the causes of declines to conservation, surveys and monitoring, and education. The second part consists of species accounts describing the life history and natural history of every known amphibian species in the United States.
This compendium—presenting new data, reviews of current literature, and comprehensive species accounts—reinforces what scientists have begun to suspect, that amphibians are a lens through which the state of the environment can be viewed more clearly. And, that the view is alarming and presages serious concerns for all life, including that of our own species.
The first part of this work consists of more than fifty essays covering topics from the causes of declines to conservation, surveys and monitoring, and education. The second part consists of species accounts describing the life history and natural history of every known amphibian species in the United States.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-x
- Advisory Board
- pp. xi-xii
- Contibutors
- pp. xiii-xviii
- Introduction
- p. 2
- 7 Biology of Amphibian Declines
- pp. 28-33
- 11 Repercussions of Global Change
- pp. 60-63
- 12 Lessons from Europe
- pp. 64-74
- 14 Ultraviolet Radiation
- pp. 87-88
- 15 Xenobiotics
- pp. 89-92
- 16 Variation in Pesticide Tolerance
- pp. 93-95
- 17 Lucké Renal Adenocarcinoma
- pp. 96-102
- 19 Parasites of North American Frogs
- pp. 109-123
- 21 Pine Silviculture
- pp. 139-145
- 22 Commercial Trade
- pp. 146-148
- CONSERVATION
- p. 149
- 23 Houston Toads and Texas Politics
- pp. 150-167
- 24 Amphibian Conservation Needs
- pp. 168-176
- 26 Landscape Ecology
- pp. 185-192
- 28 Lessons from the Tropics
- pp. 198-205
- 29 Taxonomy and Amphibian Declines
- pp. 206-209
- 32 Southwestern Desert Bufonids
- pp. 237-240
- 33 Amphibian Ecotoxicology
- pp. 241-243
- 34 Museum Collections
- pp. 244-246
- 35 Critical Areas
- pp. 247-259
- 37 Population Manipulations
- pp. 265-270
- 38 Exotic Species
- pp. 271-274
- 40 Reflections Upon Amphibian Conservation
- pp. 277-281
- Surveys and Monitoring
- p. 282
- 41 Distribution of South Dakota Anurans
- pp. 283-291
- 42 Nebraska’s Declining Amphibians
- pp. 292-294
- 46 Evaluating Calling Surveys
- pp. 314-319
- 51 A Thousand Friends of Frogs: Its Origins
- pp. 341-342
- A Perspective
- p. 343
- PART TWO - SPECIES ACCOUNTS
- pp. 349-350
- Introduction
- pp. 351-380
- Conclusion
- p. 926
- Literature Cited
- pp. 927-1076
Additional Information
ISBN
9780520929432
Related ISBN(s)
9780520235922
MARC Record
OCLC
60312229
Pages
1115
Launched on MUSE
2014-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No