- Bib ID:
- 2472999
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- Book
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- Description:
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- Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Books, c2003
- xi, 324 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 1588341194
- Full contents:
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- Machine derived contents note: Foreword vii
- David B. Wake
- Acknowledgments xi
- 1 Introduction: General Threats to Amphibians
- Raymond D. Semlitsch 1
- 2 Conservation of Pond-Breeding Amphibians
- Raymond D. Semlitsch 8
- 3 Conservation of North American Stream Amphibians
- Paul Stephen Corn, R. Bruce Bury, and ErinJ. Hyde 24
- 4 Conservation of Terrestrial Salamanders with Direct Development
- Richard L. Wyman 37
- 5 Conservation of Amphibians in the New World Tropics
- Martha L. Crump 53
- 6 Conservation of Amphibians in the Old World Tropics:
- Defining Unique Problems Associated with Regional Fauna
- Jean-Marc Hero and Luke P. Shoo 70
- 7 Natural Population Fluctuations and Human Influences:
- Null Models and Interactions
- Joseph H. K. Pechmann 85
- 8 Habitat Destruction and Alteration: Historical Trends and Future
- Prospects for Amphibians
- C. Kenneth DoddJr. and Lora L. Smith 94
- 9 Invasive Species as a Global Problem:
- Toward Understanding the Worldwide Decline of Amphibians
- Joseph M. Kiesecker 113
- 10 Pathogens, Infectious Disease, and Immune Defenses
- Cynthia Carey, Allan P. Pessier, and Angela D. Peace 127
- 11 Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease
- James P. Collins, Jesse L. Brunner, Verma Miera, Matthew J. Parris,
- Danna M. Schock, and Andrew Storfer 137
- 12 Effects of Pesticides on Amphibian Populations
- Michelle D. Boone and Christine M. Bridges 152
- 13 What Is Causing Deformed Amphibians?
- Stanley K. Sessions 168
- 14 Global Change: Challenges Facing Amphibians
- Andrew R. Blaustein, Audrey C. Hatch, Lisa K. Belden, Erin Scheessele,
- andJ oseph M. Kiesecker 187
- 15 Human Exploitation of Amphibians: Direct and Indirect Impacts
- John B. Jensen and Carlos D. Camp 199
- 16 Societal Values and Attitudes: Their History and Sociological
- Influences on Amphibian Conservation Problems
- J. Whitfield Gibbons 214
- 17 Managing Ecosystems for Amphibian Conservation
- Aram J. K. Calhoun and Malcolm L. Hunter Jr. 228
- 18 A Foundation for Conservation and Management of Amphibians
- Raymond D. Semlitsch and Betsie B. Rothermel 242
- Literature Cited 261
- List of Contributors 309
- Index 313.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-308) and index.
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- Other authors/contributors:
- Semlitsch, Raymond D
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