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Amphibian Population Declines: 30 Years of Progress in . . . In 1989, it dawned on participants at the First World Congress of Herpetology that observed declines in amphibian populations might actually be global in scope and unprecedented in severity Three decades of research since then has produced an enormous increase in our knowledge of amphibian ecology and appreciation of the complexity of possible causes for amphibian population declines In
Large-scale recovery of an endangered amphibian despite . . . Amphibians are one of the most threatened animal groups, with 32% of species at risk for extinction Given this imperiled status, is the disappearance of a large fraction of the Earth’s amphibians inevitable, or are some declining species more resilient than is generally assumed? We address this question in a species that is emblematic of many declining amphibians, the endangered Sierra
Global pet trade in amphibians is bigger than we thought We uncovered nearly 450 species of amphibians in the pet trade, moved around the world in large numbers The US alone imported 3 6 million pet amphibians in the past five years
ENERGY RESOURCES - bca. klesnc. edu. in ENERGY RESOURCES Energy is defined by physicists as the capacity to do work Energy is found on ourplanet in a variety of forms, some of which are immediately useful to do work, while others require a process of transformation Energy can neither be created nor destroyed but transformed from one form to other Energy is closely related to force When a force causes an object to move, energy is
Scientists discover troubling reason 41% of frogs and other . . . The effects of human-caused pollution are impacting ecosystems and species worldwide Apparently, they are impacting one type of animal in shockingly large numbers, as a study revealed that 41% of amphibian species worldwide are "globally threatened " The study, published in Nature, found that
Habitat availability for amphibians and extinction threat: a . . . Abstract Aim Habitat loss and degradation are the factors threatening the largest number of amphibian species However, quantitative measures of habitat availability only exist for a small subset of them We evaluated the relationships between habitat availability, extinction risk and drivers of threat for the world's amphibians