Amphibian Declines: Judging Stability, Persistence, and Susceptibility of Populations to Local and Global Extinctions
Blaustein AR, Wake DB, Sousa WP. 1994. Amphibian Declines: Judging Stability, Persistence, and Susceptibility of Populations to Local and Global Extinctions. Conservation Biology. 8(1):60-71
Extinctions are normal biological phenomenon. Both mass extinctions in geological time and local extinctions in ecological time are well documented. Rates of extinction have increased in recent years--especially in vertebrates, including amphibians. Long-term population data are necessary for rigorously evaluating the significance of the amphibian declines. Due to physiological constraints, relatively low mobility, and site fidelity of amphibians. Many amphibian populations may be unable to recolonize areas after local extinction.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Blaustein, Andrew; Wake, David; Sousa, Wayne
- Units
- DEVA
- Keywords
- Absence (Biodiversity), Abundance (Biodiversity), Distribution (Biodiversity), mobility, physiological constraints, Population Decline, Presence (Biodiversity), range reduction, recolonize, site fidelity, Taxa Links To Datasets, Taxa Links To References