Amphibian declines : a United States' response to the global phenomenon / edited by Michael J. Lannoo.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lannoo, Michael J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Amphibian declines.

Amphibian declines--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1117 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

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.

Contents:

Amphibian Declines

Front matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Advisory Board

Contributors

Preface

Part One. Conservation Essays

Introduction

1. Diverse Phenomena Influencing Amphibian Population Declines

2. Why Are Some Species In Decline But Others Not?

3. Philosophy, Value Judgments, And Declining Amphibians

4. Embracing Human Diversity In Conservation

5. Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force

Declines

6. Meeting The Challenge Of Amphibian Declines With An Interdisciplinary Research Program

7. Biology Of Amphibian Declines

8. Declines Of Eastern North American Woodland Salamanders (Plethodon)

9. Decline Of Northern Cricket Frogs (Acris Crepitans)

10. Overwintering In Northern Cricket Frogs (Acris Crepitans)

Causes

11. Repercussions Of Global Change

12. Lessons From Europe

13. Risk Factors And Declines In Northern Cricket Frogs (Acris Crepitans)

14. Ultraviolet Radiation

15. Xenobiotics

16. Variation In Pesticide Tolerance

17. Lucké Renal Adenocarcinoma

18. Malformed Frogs In Minnesota: History And Interspecific Differences

19. Parasites Of North American Frogs

20. Parasite Infection And Limb Malformations: A Growing Problem In Amphibian Conservation

21. Pine Silviculture

22. Commercial Trade

Conservation

23. Houston Toads And Texas Politics

24. Amphibian Conservation Needs

25. Amphibian Population Cycles And Long-Term Data Sets

26. Landscape Ecology

27. Conservation Of Texas Spring And Cave Salamanders (Eurycea)

28. Lessons From The Tropics

29. Taxonomy And Amphibian Declines

30. Conservation Systematics: The Bufo Boreas Species Group

31. Factors Limiting The Recovery Of Boreal Toads (Bufo B. Boreas)

32. Southwestern Desert Bufonids

33. Amphibian Ecotoxicology

34. Museum Collections

35. Critical Areas

36. Creating Habitat Reserves For Migratory Salamanders

37. Population Manipulations

38. Exotic Species

39. Protecting Amphibians While Restoring Fish Populations

40. Reflections Upon Amphibian Conservation

Surveys And Monitoring

41. Distribution Of South Dakota Anurans

42. Nebraska's Declining Amphibians

43. Museum Collections Can Assess Population Trends

44. Monitoring Salamander Populations In Great Smoky Mountains National Park

45. North American Amphibian Monitoring Program (Naamp)

46. Evaluating Calling Surveys

47. Geographical Information Systems And Survey Designs

48. Impacts Of Forest Management On Amphibians

49. Monitoring Pigment Pattern Morphs Of Northern Leopard Frogs

Education

50. The National Amphibian Conservation Center

51. A Thousand Friends Of Frogs: Its Origins

A Perspective

52. Of Men And Deformed Frogs: A Journalist's Lament

Part Two. Species Accounts

Anura

Ascaphidae

Family Bufonidae

Family Dendrobatidae

Family Hylidae

Family Leptodactylidae

Family Microhylidae

Family Pelobatidae

Family Pipidae

Family Ranidae

Family Rhinophrynidae

Caudata

Family Ambystomatidae

Family Amphiumidae

Family Cryptobranchidae

Family Dicamptodontidae

Family Plethodontidae

Family Proteidae

Family Rhyacotritonidae

Family Salamandridae

Family Sirenidae

Epilogue: Factors Implicated In Amphibian Population Declines In The United States

Conclusion

Literature Cited

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9786612759154

9781282759152

1282759159

9780520929432

0520929438

9781417593323

1417593326

OCLC:

535982027