Amphibian Decline Bibliography

AMPHIBIAN DECLINE BIBLIOGRAPHY

California Academy of Sciences Library


WORLD WIDE WEB

Amphibians Mortality Linked to Climate Change

http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ncs/newsarch/2001/Apr01/complex.htm

Toad embryos in the Cascade Range of Oregon appear to be dying due to a chain of events that's ultimately linked to climate change.  From a press release from Oregon State University.

 

Are Frogs Disappearing?

http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mnh/nature/frogs/gone.htm

In many parts of the world, there is a suspicion that frogs are not as common as people remember them to be. 

 

Declining Amphibians Population Task Force

http://www.open.ac.uk/daptf/index.htm

“The Mission of the DAPTF is to determine the nature, extent, and causes of declines of amphibians throughout the world, and to promote means by which declines can be halted or reversed.”

 

FrogLand

http://allaboutfrogs.org/froglnd.shtml

Everything you ever wanted to know about frogs, including frog facts and games.

 

Frogs.org – Amphibian Conservation Alliance

http://www.frogs.org

Frogs.org's purpose is to educate, inspire, and support the growing community of citizens worldwide who are working to conserve amphibians.

 

FrogWeb

http://www.frogweb.gov

FrogWeb is maintained by the National Biological Information Infrastructure and provides access to current news and information regarding amphibian decline and deformaties.

 

Great Lakes Declining Amphibians Conference, 1996

http://www.mpm.edu/collect/glda-abs.html

Abstracts from the Great Lakes Declining Amphibians Conference, Saturday, March 30, 1996, at the Milwaukee Public Museum.

 

The Interactive Frog Dissection: An Online Tutorial

http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/frog/

Designed for use in high school biology classrooms.

 

North American Amphibian Monitoring Program

http://www.mp2-pwrc.usgs.gov/naamp/

The NAAMP is a collaborative effort among regional partners, such as state natural resource agencies and nonprofit organizations, and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to monitor populations of vocal amphibians.

 

Threats to Amphibians

http://rachel.des.ucdavis.edu/Toads/iidcln.html

Bibliographies for those interested in learning more about factors known to be potentially detrimental to amphibians.

 

Virtual Frog Dissection

http://george.lbl.gov/vfrog

Interactively dissect a (digitized) frog named Fluffy.

 

Westward Frog

http://ice.ucdavis.edu/Toads/wwfrog2.html

A web page dedicated to the conservation of Western Amphibians. Numerous links are included.

 

What are Amphibian Declines?

http://leopold.nmsu.edu/rana/daptf_wh.htm

“Over the last 50 years, many species of amphibians (frogs, toads, salamanders and newts) throughout the world have declined markedly in numbers.”

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BOOKS

Beebee, T.J.C. Ecology and Conservation of Amphibians. New York: Chapman & Hall, 1996. Main QL667 .B43 1996.

 

Bishop, Christine A. Declines in Canadian Amphibian Populations: Designing a National Monitoring Strategy: Proceedings of a Workshop Sponsored by the Canadian Wildlife Service (Ontario Region) and the Metropolitan Toronto Zoo, 5-6 October 1991. Ottawa: Canadian Wildlife Service, 1992. Herp QL654 .D42 1992.

 

Clay, Douglas and John Brownlie. Status of Amphibians and Reptiles of Fundy National Park and Its Greater Ecosystem. Alma, N.B.: Fundy National Park, Dept. of Canadian Heritage, c1997. Herp QL654 .C52 1997.

 

Drost, Charles A. Decline of Frog Species in the Yosemite Section of the Sierra Nevada. Davis, CA: Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit, University of California, Institute of Ecology, [1994] (Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit Herp QL668 .E2D76 1994.

 

Duellman, William E., ed. Patterns of Distribution of Amphibians: A Global Perspective. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999. HerpQL648 .P37 1999.

 

Griffiths, Richard A. and Michael W. Klemens, and Richard C. Tinsley, eds. African Amphibians: Proceedings of the 9th Symposium on African Amphibians. London: British Herpetological Society, 1998. Herp QL662 .A1 S94 1996.

 

Jennings, Mark R. Status of the Sierra Nevada: A Summary of The SNEP Report, Volume 2. Davis, CA : Centers for Water and Wildland Resources, University of California, 1992. Biodiv & Biodiv REF GE155 .S54 S52 1996 v. 2.

 

Kaiser, Hinrich and Gary S. Casper, and Neil P. Bernstein, eds. Investigating Amphibian Declines: Proceedings of the 1998 Declining Amphibians Conference. Cedar Falls, IA: Iowa Academy of Science, c2000. Main Serials Q11 .J68 v.107:3/4.

 

Kuz’min, Segius L. Amphibian Populations in the Commonwealth of Independent States: Current Status and Declines. Moscow: PENSOFT Publishers, 1995. Herp QL658 .F6A48 1995.

 

Miller, Gordon L., ed. Nature's Fading Chorus: Classic and Contemporary Writings on Amphibians. Washington, D.C.: Island Press, c2000. Pub QL667 .N38 2000.

 

Moriarty, John J. and Delvin Jones, eds. Minnesota's Amphibians and Reptiles, Their Conservation and Status: Proceedings of a Symposium. Lanesboro, MN: Serpent's Tale Natural History Book Distributors, c1997. Herp QL653 .M6 M56 1997.

 

Phillips, Kathryn. Tracking the Vanishing Frogs: An Ecological Mystery. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1994. Herp & Biodiv QL668 .E2 P53 1994.

 

Proceedings of the Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (PARC) Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, June 1999: Conserving Amphibians and Reptiles in the New Millennium. Aiken, SC: University of Georgia, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, 1999. Herp QL653 .S9 P37 1999.

 

Vial, Jame L. The Status of Amphibian Populations. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN, Species Survival Commission, 1993. Herp QL667 .V52 1993.

 

Watermolen, Dreux J. Potential Effects of Seawall Development on Amphibian and Reptile Populations in Lake Winneconne, Winnebago County, Wisconsin, 1993. Madison, WI: Bureau of Endangered Resources, Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources, 1993. Main QH76.5 .W6 W57 no.95.

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JOURNAL ARTICLES

Ferraro, T.J. and S. Burgin. “Amphibian Decline: A Case Study in Western Sydney.Herpetology in Austrailia: a diverse discipline. Mosoman, NSW, Australia: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales; Surrey Beatty & Sons, 1993: pps. 197-204. Herp QL663 .A1 H47 1993.

 

FrogLog / IUCN/SSC Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force. Corvallis, OR: The Task Force, 1992-. Biodiv Serials.

Licht,Lawrence E. “Amphibian Decline Still a PuzzleBioScience, v. 46, March 1996, page 172-3. Main Serials QH301 .B58.

 

McCoy, E.D. “Amphibian Decline: A Scientific Dilemma in More Ways Than One.Herpetologica, v.50(1), March 1994: pps. 98-103. Herp Serials.

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