Chicken Little or Nero's Fiddle? A Perspective on Declining Amphibian Populations
Blaustein AR. 1994. Chicken Little or Nero's Fiddle? A Perspective on Declining Amphibian Populations. Herpetologica. 50(1):85-97
Habitat destruction and other anthropogenic effects have reduced or eliminated many populations of amphibians and other taxa. The declines and disappearances of amphibian populations represent a distinct phenomenon. Under certain conditions, amphibians are good bioindicators of environmental stress.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Blaustein, Andrew
- Units
- DEVA
- Keywords
- Absence (Biodiversity), Abundance (Biodiversity), Amphibia (Amphibians), Anthropogenic, Bioindicators, Distribution (Biodiversity), environmental stress, habitat destruction, Presence (Biodiversity), range reduction, Taxa Links To Datasets, Taxa Links To References