Extinction in our times : global amphibian decline /
James P. Collins, Martha L. Crump.
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
- xx, 273 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Declining amphibian populations and the biodiversity crisis -- Rallying around the issue of amphibian declines -- Challenges, correlates, and hypotheses -- Introduction species, commerce, and land use change -- Contaminants, global change, and emerging infectious diseases -- Unraveling the mystery -- Amphibian chytrid fungus as a cause of declines and extinctions -- New approaches to doing science and conversation -- Science policy and reacting to a challenge -- Leaping between mysteries.