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Western Ghats, India | WWF Facts Figures The Western Ghats are one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots with over 5,000 flowering plants, 139 mammals, 508 birds and 179 amphibian species At least 325 globally threatened species occur here The range covers 60,000km 2 and forms the catchment area for a complex of river systems that drain almost 40% of India
Amphibian fungal panzootic causes catastrophic and ongoing . . . Of the 501 declined amphibian species, 90 (18%) are confirmed or presumed extinct in the wild, with a further 124 (25%) experiencing a >90% reduction in abundance (Figs 1 and 2) The declines of all species except one (Salamandra salamandra affected by B salamandrivorans) were attributed to B dendrobatidis
Effects of Harmful Algal Blooms on Amphibians and Reptiles . . . Experimental work with reptiles and adult amphibians is needed to clarify thresholds of tolerance Only nine mortality events were reported, mostly for reptiles Given that amphibians likely decay faster than reptiles, which have tissues that resist decomposition, mass amphibian mortality events from HABs have likely been under‐reported
Environmental Science Ch. 4 Flashcards | Quizlet Study with Quizlet and memorize flashcards containing terms like Compounds in secretions from the skin of certain _____ have been isolated and used as painkillers and antibiotics, and in treatments for burns and heart disease , Species whose populations have greater _____ have an increased chance of survival and adapting to environmental changes , Coniferous forest, desert, and prairie
Current threats faced by amphibian populations in the . . . At least 44% of the amphibian populations surveyed in Chile and Argentina are declining More information related to the effect of management actions to restore habitats, recover populations, and eliminate threats such as invasive species is urgently needed to reverse the conservation crisis facing amphibians in this Neotropical region
Knowledge status and trends in description of amphibian . . . All descriptions made between 1758 and 2017 of amphibian species and anuran tadpoles in Brazil, the country with the richest amphibian fauna, were gathered and characterized (species, year of description, number of authors per article, and coordinates of the collecting site) We found 1,119 amphibian species reported occurring in Brazil
Consumption and Preferences for Wild and Domestic Meat in . . . The 24 h-recall survey yielded 40 species of animals consumed belonging to 32 genera distributed among aquatic animals (n = 24), game (n = 9), and domestic (n = 5) species Despite the lower number of domestic species consumed, 70% of the 1,945 reported events of animal consumption were domestic meat sources (n = 1,359)