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Extinction in our times : global amphibian decline / James P. Collins, Martha L. Crump.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Collins, James P., author.
- Crump, Marty, 1946- author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Amphibian declines.
- Extinct amphibians.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (296 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Since the 1990s there has been an extraordinary decline and extinction of amphibian populations worldwide. 'Extinction in Our Times' unravels the mystery of amphibian biodiversity loss by exploring possible causes such as commercial exploitation, competition and predation by exotic species, habitat loss and climate change.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Formerly CIP.
- Previously issued in print: 2009.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 9786612235375
- 9780197700983
- 0197700985
- 9780199886333
- 0199886334
- 9781282235373
- 1282235370
- 9780199717880
- 0199717885
- OCLC:
- 429922892
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