Climate And Amphibian Declines

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Climate And		Amphibian Declines, Nature
 









Excerpts: Various reasons have been proposed for
the falling numbers of amphibians in many parts of the world.
Changing climate is likely to be a key factor - but with
complicated links to the immediate causes of these population
declines. (&#133;)

evidence that climate change may be the underlying cause.
Reductions in water depth due to altered precipitation patterns
expose the embryos to damaging ultraviolet-B (UV-B) radiation,
thereby opening the door to lethal infection by a fungus


  
Climate
  And Amphibian Declines,
  J. Alan Pounds, Nature 410, 639 - 640 (2001)
  
 
 

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