Extinction in Our Times: Global Amphibian Decline

by Martha L. Crump, James P. Collins, Thomas E. Lovejoy

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195316940
• ISBN13: 9780195316940
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.2"