Where Have All the Froggies Gone?: It has taken a decade, but herpetologists are hopping up and down about declining amphibian populations

Barinaga, Marcia

doi:10.1126/science.247.4946.1033

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Where Have All the Froggies Gone?: It has taken a decade, but herpetologists are hopping up and down about declining amphibian populations

Barinaga, Marcia·1990·Science

DOI 10.1126/science.247.4946.1033

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Article de synthese sur le premier Congres Mondial d'Herpetologie (Canterbury, U.K., Septembre 1989) concernant le declin de nombreuses especes d'amphibiens de par le monde. Plusieurs exemples, discussion sur les causes possibles et les strategies a suivre

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Authors: Barinaga, M.
Corresponding author: Barinaga, Marcia
Venue: Science
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Published: 1990-03-02
Volume: 247
Issue: 4946
Pages: 1033-1034
ISSN: 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
1095-9203
DOI: 10.1126/science.247.4946.1033
OpenAlex: W2034204145
Cited by: 301
References: 0
Citations by year: 2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 6 · 2013: 9 · 2012: 3
FWCI: 19.93
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Science (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics: Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Amphibian and Reptile Biology
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Conservation, Ecology, Wildlife Education
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Fish Ecology and Management Studies
Keywords: amphibian decline, amphibian extinction, herpetology, species decline, conservation strategies

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Where Have All the Froggies Gone?: It has taken a decade, but herpetologists are hopping up and down about declining amphibian populations

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