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closeTwo risk assessment papers on climate change
Posted by mmccallum on 19 Nov 2012 at 14:06 GMT
lthough various threats to amphibians (e.g., global warming, habitat loss, disease vulnerability to chytrid fungus, and pollution) have been identified [4]–[7], large-scale analyses of extinction risk in amphibians have been few [8].
http://plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0001636#article1.body1.sec1.p1
McCallum, M.L. 2010. Future climate change spells catastrophe for Blanchard's Cricket Frog (Acris blanchardi). Acta Herpetologica 5(1):119-130.
McCallum, M.L., J.L. McCallum, S.E. Trauth. 2009. Prediction of climate change impacts on the growth and size at maturity of Three-toed Box Turtles. Amphibia-Reptilia 30:259-264.
Milanovich JR, Peterman WE, Nibbelink NP, Maerz JC (2010) Projected Loss of a Salamander Diversity Hotspot as a Consequence of Projected Global Climate Change. PLoS ONE 5(8): e12189. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0012189
Blaustein et al. 2010. Direct and indirect effects of climate change on amphibians. Diversity