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CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS IX ADVISORY BOARD XI CONTRIBUTORS XIII PREFACE XIX Michael Lannoo PART ONE Conservation Essays 1 I NTR O D U CTI O N 2 1 Diverse Phenomena Influencing Amphibian Population Declines 3 Tim Halliday 2 Why Are Some Species in Decline but Others Not? 7 Martha L. Crump 3 Philosophy, Value Judgments, and Declining Amphibians 10 Sarah Aucoin, Robert G. Jaeger, and Steve Giambrone 4 Embracing Human Diversity in Conservation 15 Whit Gibbons 5 Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force 17 W. Ronald Heyer and James B. Murphy D E C LI N E S 22 6 Meeting the Challenge of Amphibian Declines with an Interdisciplinary Research Program 23 James P. Collins, Nicholas Cohen, Elizabeth W. Davidson, Joyce E. Longcore, and Andrew Storfer 7 Biology of Amphibian Declines David M. Green 28 8 Declines of Eastern North American Woodland Salamanders (Plethodon) 34 Richard Highton 9 Decline of Northern Cricket Frogs (Acris crepitans) 47 Robert H. Gray and Lauren E. Brown 10 Overwintering in Northern Cricket Frogs (Acris crepitans) 55 Jason T. Irwin CAU S E S 59 11 Repercussions of Global Change 60 Jamie K. Reaser and Andrew Blaustein 12 Lessons from Europe 64 K. Henle (Translation by William T. Leja) 13 Risk Factors and Declines in Northern Cricket Frogs (Acris crepitans) 75 Val R. Beasley, Sandra A. Faeh, Brigit Wikoff, Craig Staehle, Joyce Eisold, Donald Nichols, Rebecca Cole, Anna M. Schotthoefer, Martin Greenwell, and Lauren E. Brown 14 Ultraviolet Radiation 87 Andrew R. Blaustein and Lisa K. Belden 15 Xenobiotics 89 Christine M. Bridges and Raymond D. Semlitsch 16 Variation in Pesticide Tolerance 93 Christine M. Bridges and Raymond D. Semlitsch 17 Lucké Renal Adenocarcinoma 96 Robert G. McKinnell and Debra L. Carlson 18 Malformed Frogs in Minnesota: History and Interspecific Differences 103 David M. Hoppe 19 Parasites of North American Frogs 109 Daniel Sutherland 20 Parasite Infection and Limb Malformations: A Growing Problem in Amphibian Conservation 124 Pieter T.J. Johnson and Kevin B. Lunde VII 21 Pine Silviculture 139 D. Bruce Means 22 Commercial Trade 146 Anthony B. Wilson C O N S E RVATI O N 149 23 Houston Toads and Texas Politics 150 Lauren E. Brown and Ann Mesrobian 24 Amphibian Conservation Needs 168 Edward D. Koch and Charles R. Peterson 25 Amphibian Population Cycles and Long-Term Data Sets 177 Howard H. Whiteman and Scott A. Wissinger 26 Landscape Ecology 185 David E. Naugle, Kenneth F. Higgins, Rex R. Johnson, Tate D. Fischer, and Frank R. Quamen 27 Conservation of Texas Spring and Cave Salamanders (Eurycea) 193 Paul T. Chippindale and Andrew H. Price 28 Lessons from the Tropics 198 Karen R. Lips and Maureen A. Donnelly 29 Taxonomy and Amphibian Declines 206 Sherman A. Minton 30 Conservation Systematics: The Bufo boreas Species Group 210 Anna M. Goebel 31 Factors Limiting the Recovery of Boreal Toads (Bufo b. boreas) 222 Cynthia Carey, Paul Stephen Corn, Mark S. Jones, Lauren J. Livo, Erin Muths, and Charles W. Loeffler 32 Southwestern Desert Bufonids 237 Brian K. Sullivan 33 Amphibian Ecotoxicology 241 Raymond D. Semlitsch and Christine M. Bridges 34 Museum Collections 244 John W. Ferner, Jeffrey G. Davis, and Paul J. Krusling 35 Critical Areas 247 Hugh R. Quinn and Colleen Scott 36 Creating Habitat Reserves for Migratory Salamanders 260 Suzanne C. Fowle and Scott M. Melvin 37 Population Manipulations 265 C. Kenneth Dodd, Jr. 38 Exotic Species 271 Walter E. Meshaka, Jr. 39 Protecting Amphibians While Restoring Fish Populations 275 Debra Patla 40 Reflections Upon Amphibian Conservation 277 Thomas K. Pauley S U RVEYS AN D M O N ITO R I N G 282 41 Distribution of South Dakota Anurans 283 David E. Naugle, Tate D. Fischer, Kenneth F. Higgins, and Douglas C. Backlund 42 Nebraska’s Declining Amphibians 292 David S. McLeod 43 Museum Collections Can Assess Population Trends 295 Jeff Boundy 44 Monitoring Salamander Populations in Great Smoky Mountains National Park 300 Erin J. Hyde and Theodore R. Simons 45 North American Amphibian Monitoring Program (NAAMP) 307 Linda A. Weir and Michael J. Mossman 46 Evaluating Calling Surveys 314 Sam Droege and Paige Eagle 47 Geographical Information Systems and Survey Designs 320 Charles R. Peterson, Stephen R. Burton, and Debra A. Patla 48 Impacts of Forest Management on Amphibians 326 Rochelle B. Renken 49 Monitoring Pigment Pattern Morphs of Northern Leopard Frogs 328 Robert G. McKinnell, David M. Hoppe, and Beverly K. McKinnell E D U CATI O N 338 50 The National Amphibian Conservation Center 339 Andrew T. Snider and...

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