Journal
BIOTROPICA
Volume 37, Issue 2, Pages 163-165Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2005.00023.x
Keywords
amphibians; climate; declines; disease; extinction; habitat; Neotropics; population
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Amphibian populations are in decline throughout Latin America; all families of frogs have experienced declines, but the species associated with aquatic habitats in upland areas have been most affected. Declines in Latin America were most common during the 1980s, but new declines continue to be reported. The causes of declines are varied, but they have most often been associated with habitat loss, a pathogenic fungus, and climate change. Scientists are just beginning to grasp the ethical and biological implications of losses of this magnitude. In this Special Section, we provide a general summary of the phenomenon and introduce five contributed papers that provide new data and new insights into Latin American declines.
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