Extinction in our times : global amphibian decline /

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Author / Creator:Collins, James P.
Imprint:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Description:1 online resource (xx, 273 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11196392
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Other authors / contributors:Crump, Martha L.
ISBN:9780199717880
0199717885
9780195316940
0195316940
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9781282235373
9786612235375
6612235373
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
English.
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Summary:For over 350 million years, thousands of species of amphibians have lived on earth, but since the 1990s they have been disappearing at an alarming rate, in many cases quite suddenly and mysteriously. What is causing these extinctions? What role do human actions play in them? What do they tell us about the overall state of biodiversity on the planet? In Extinction in Our Times, James Collins and Martha Crump explore these pressing questions and many others as they document the first modern extinction event across an entire vertebrate class, using global examples that range from the Sierra Nevad.
Other form:Print version: Collins, James P. Extinction in our times. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009 9780195316940 0195316940