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Ecological Indicators, 2022 Protected areas like national parks are essential elements of conservation because they limit human influence on the landscape, which protects biodiversity and ecosystem function. The role of national parks in conservation, however, often goes far beyond
Brian J. Halstead +8 more
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Amphibian Population Declines: Evolutionary Considerations [PDF]
BioScience, 2007 ABSTRACT Numerous factors, such as global environmental changes, habitat destruction, introduced species, diseases, and chemical pollution, appear to be contributing to amphibian population declines. Moreover, the life history characteristics and behavior of many amphibian species appear to be placing them in jeopardy.
Andrew R. Blaustein, Betsy A. Bancroft
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, 2017 Number of Pages: 22Integrative BiologyGeological ...
Leavitt, Daniel J. +1 more
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Early swelling response to phytohemagglutinin is lower in older toads [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 The effects of age on performance of life-history traits are diverse, but a common outcome is senescence, an irreversible deterioration of physical and physiological capabilities of older individuals.
Francisco Javier Zamora-Camacho +1 more
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Journal of Fungi, 2023 The chytrid fungal pathogens Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) and B. dendrobatidis (Bd) are driving amphibian extinctions and population declines worldwide.
Dan Sun +3 more
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Atelophryniscus, Atelophryniscus chrysophorus [PDF]
, 2017 Number of Pages: 13Integrative BiologyGeological ...
McCranie, James R.
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Diversity, 2009 Amphibian declines have been reported in mountainous areas around the western USA. Few data quantify the extent of population losses in the Pacific Northwest, a region in which amphibian declines have received much attention.
Brome McCreary +4 more
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Novel findings on the impact of chytridiomycosis on the cardiac function of anurans: sensitive vs. tolerant species [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 Background Understanding of the physiological effects of chytridiomycosis is crucial to worldwide amphibian conservation. Therefore, we analyzed the cardiac function of two anuran species (Xenopus laevis and Physalaemus albonotatus) with different ...
Raquel F. Salla +10 more
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Predation Pressure of Invasive Marsh Frogs: A Threat to Native Amphibians?
Diversity, 2021 Anurans have been introduced in many parts of the world and have often become invasive over large geographic areas. Although predation is involved in the declines of invaded amphibian populations, there is a lack of quantitative assessments evaluating ...
Fabien Pille +2 more
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Golf courses and wetland fauna [PDF]
, 2009 Golf courses are often considered to be chemical-intensive ecosystems with negative impacts on fauna. Here we provide evidence that golf courses can contribute to the support and conservation of wetland fauna, i.e., amphibians and macroinvertebrates ...
Andersson, Erik +3 more
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