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Confronting Amphibian Declines and Extinctions

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dc.creator Mendelson, Joseph R.
dc.creator Lips, Karen R.
dc.creator Ronald, Gagliardo W.
dc.creator Rabb, George B.
dc.creator Collins, James P.
dc.creator Diffendorfer, James E.
dc.creator Daszak, Peter
dc.creator Ibanez, Roberto D.
dc.creator Zippel, Kevin
dc.creator Lawson, Dwight
dc.creator Wright, Kevin M.
dc.creator Stuart, Simon N.
dc.creator Gascon, Claude
dc.creator Da Silva, Helio R.
dc.creator Burrowes, Patricia A.
dc.creator Joglar, Rafael L.
dc.creator La Marca, Enrique
dc.creator Lotters, Stefan
dc.creator Du Preez, Louis
dc.creator Weldon, Ché
dc.creator Hyatt, Alex D.
dc.creator Mahecha, J.V. R.
dc.creator Hunt, Susan
dc.creator Robertson, Helen
dc.creator Lock, Brad
dc.creator Raxworthy, Christopher J.
dc.creator Frost, Darrel
dc.creator Lacy, Robert C
dc.creator Alford, Ross A.
dc.creator Campbell, Jonathan A.
dc.creator Olea, Gabriela P.
dc.creator Bolaños, Federico
dc.creator Domingo, Jose J. C.
dc.creator Halliday, Tim
dc.creator Murphy, James B.
dc.creator Wake, Marvalee H.
dc.creator Coloma, Luis A.
dc.creator Kuzmin, Sergius
dc.creator Price, Mark S.
dc.creator Howell, Kim
dc.creator Lau, Michael W.N.
dc.creator Pethiyagoda, Rohan
dc.creator Boone, Michelle
dc.creator Lannoo, Michael
dc.creator Blaustein, Andrew R.
dc.creator Dobson, Andy P.
dc.creator Griffiths, Richard A.
dc.creator Crump, Martha L.
dc.creator Wake, David
dc.creator Brodie Jr, Edmund D.
dc.date 2016-07-19T13:05:46Z
dc.date 2016-07-19T13:05:46Z
dc.date 2006-07
dc.date.accessioned 2021-05-03T13:29:45Z
dc.date.available 2021-05-03T13:29:45Z
dc.identifier Mendelson, J.R., Lips, K.R., Gagliardo, R.W., Rabb, G.B., Collins, J.P., Diffendorfer, J.E., Daszak, P., Ibáñez, R., Zippel, K.C., Lawson, D.P. and Wright, K.M., 2006. Confronting amphibian declines and extinctions. Science, 313(5783), pp.48-48.
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/3312
dc.identifier 10.1126/science.1128396
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/3312
dc.description Amphibian declines and extinctions areglobal and rapid: 32.5% of 5743 de-scribed species are threatened, with atleast 9, and perhaps 122, becoming extinct since1980 (1). Species have disappeared across theentire taxonomic group and in nearly all regionsof the planet. These figures are probably under-estimates as entire clades of species are threat-ened. For example, of the 113 species of harle-quin toads (genus Atelopus), 30 are possiblyextinct, and only 10 have stable populations (2).Nearly a quarter of known amphibian specieswere deemed “data-deficient” with respect toconservation status in the recent global assess-ment (1). Losing biodiversity at this taxonomicscale impacts ecosystem goods and services[e.g. (3, 4)]. As amphibian species disappear, wealso lose their untapped potential for advances inbiomedicine and biotechnology in general (5). Losses result from familiar threats (land-usechange, commercial overexploitation, and exoticspecies) and from the emerging infectious dis-ease chytridiomycosis, caused by the fungusBatrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd). Pre-dictions are that within 4 to 6 months of Bdarrival at a site where it has not previously beenpresent, ~50% of amphibian species and ~80%of individuals may disappear (6). Global climatechange may be encouraging local conditionsideal for Bd’s persistence and/or spread (7), com-mercial trade of wildlife may also contribute (8),and pollution may increase susceptibility ofspecies to pathogens (9, 10). Traditional pro-grams and current laws and policies alone areinsufficient to address global threats that crossboundaries of reserves and nation
dc.language en
dc.title Confronting Amphibian Declines and Extinctions
dc.type Journal Article, Peer Reviewed


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