دانلود کتاب Amphibian Declines: The Conservation Status of United States Species

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Contents\nAcknowledgments\nAdvisory Board\nContributors\nPreface\nPart One. Conservation Essays\nIntroduction\n1. Diverse Phenomena Influencing Amphibian Population Declines\n2. Why Are Some Species In Decline But Others Not?\n3. Philosophy, Value Judgments, And Declining Amphibians\n4. Embracing Human Diversity In Conservation\n5. Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force\nDeclines\n6. Meeting The Challenge Of Amphibian Declines With An Interdisciplinary Research Program\n7. Biology Of Amphibian Declines\n8. Declines Of Eastern North American Woodland Salamanders (Plethodon)\n9. Decline Of Northern Cricket Frogs (Acris Crepitans)\n10. Overwintering In Northern Cricket Frogs (Acris Crepitans)\nCauses\n11. Repercussions Of Global Change\n12. Lessons From Europe\n13. Risk Factors And Declines In Northern Cricket Frogs (Acris Crepitans)\n14. Ultraviolet Radiation\n15. Xenobiotics\n16. Variation In Pesticide Tolerance\n17. Lucké Renal Adenocarcinoma\n18. Malformed Frogs In Minnesota: History And Interspecific Differences\n19. Parasites Of North American Frogs\n20. Parasite Infection And Limb Malformations: A Growing Problem In Amphibian Conservation\n21. Pine Silviculture\n22. Commercial Trade\nConservation\n23. Houston Toads And Texas Politics\n24. Amphibian Conservation Needs\n25. Amphibian Population Cycles And Long-Term Data Sets\n26. Landscape Ecology\n27. Conservation Of Texas Spring And Cave Salamanders (Eurycea)\n28. Lessons From The Tropics\n29. Taxonomy And Amphibian Declines\n30. Conservation Systematics: The Bufo Boreas Species Group\n31. Factors Limiting The Recovery Of Boreal Toads (Bufo B. Boreas)\n32. Southwestern Desert Bufonids\n33. Amphibian Ecotoxicology\n34. Museum Collections\n35. Critical Areas\n36. Creating Habitat Reserves For Migratory Salamanders\n37. Population Manipulations\n38. Exotic Species\n39. Protecting Amphibians While Restoring Fish Populations\n40. Reflections Upon Amphibian Conservation\nSurveys And Monitoring\n41. Distribution Of South Dakota Anurans\n42. Nebraska’S Declining Amphibians\n43. Museum Collections Can Assess Population Trends\n44. Monitoring Salamander Populations In Great Smoky Mountains National Park\n45. North American Amphibian Monitoring Program (Naamp)\n46. Evaluating Calling Surveys\n47. Geographical Information Systems And Survey Designs\n48. Impacts Of Forest Management On Amphibians\n49. Monitoring Pigment Pattern Morphs Of Northern Leopard Frogs\nEducation\n50. The National Amphibian Conservation Center\n51. A Thousand Friends Of Frogs: Its Origins\nA Perspective\n52. Of Men And Deformed Frogs: A Journalist’S Lament\nPart Two. Species Accounts\nIntroduction\nAnura\nAscaphidae\nFamily Bufonidae\nFamily Dendrobatidae\nFamily Hylidae\nFamily Leptodactylidae\nFamily Microhylidae\nFamily Pelobatidae\nFamily Pipidae\nFamily Ranidae\nFamily Rhinophrynidae\nCaudata\nFamily Ambystomatidae\nFamily Amphiumidae\nFamily Cryptobranchidae\nFamily Dicamptodontidae\nFamily Plethodontidae\nFamily Proteidae\nFamily Rhyacotritonidae\nFamily Salamandridae\nFamily Sirenidae\nEpilogue: Factors Implicated In Amphibian Population Declines In The United States\nConclusion\nLiterature Cited\nIndex