Extinction in our times : global amphibian decline / / James P. Collins, Martha L. Crump

• Autore: Collins James P
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (296 p.)
• Disciplina: 597.8/1788
• Soggetto topico: Amphibian declines; Extinct amphibians
• Altri autori: CrumpMarty <1946->
• Note generali: Formerly CIP.; Previously issued in print: 2009.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Extinction in our times
• ISBN: 9786612235375; 9780197700983; 0197700985; 9780199886333; 0199886334; 9781282235373; 1282235370; 9780199717880; 0199717885
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910972287103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford scholarship online.