USGS Study Confirms U.S. Amphibian Populations Declining at Precipitous Rates
Released: 5/22/2013
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</td><td> CORVALLIS, Ore. ? The first-ever estimate of how fast frogs, toads and salamanders in the United States are disappearing from their habitats reveals they are vanishing at an alarming and rapid rate.
According to the study released today in the scientific journal PLOS ONE, even the species of amphibians presumed to be relatively stable and widespread are declining. And these declines are occurring in amphibian populations everywhere, from the swamps in Louisiana and Florida to the high mountains of the Sierras and the Rockies.
Complete article and references http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=3597&from=news_side
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Released: 5/22/2013
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</td><td> CORVALLIS, Ore. ? The first-ever estimate of how fast frogs, toads and salamanders in the United States are disappearing from their habitats reveals they are vanishing at an alarming and rapid rate.
According to the study released today in the scientific journal PLOS ONE, even the species of amphibians presumed to be relatively stable and widespread are declining. And these declines are occurring in amphibian populations everywhere, from the swamps in Louisiana and Florida to the high mountains of the Sierras and the Rockies.
Complete article and references http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=3597&from=news_side
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