Population Declines and Priorities for Amphibian Conservation in Latin America

By Bruce E. Young, K. Lips, J. Reaser, R. Ibáñez, A. Salas, J. Cedeño, L. A. Coloma, S. Ron, E. La Marca, John R. Meyer and 4 more. 2001

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Subfields: Ecological Modeling, Global and Planetary Change, Social Psychology

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Chytridiomycosis in Wild Frogs from Southern Costa Rica (2003, background): “We hypothesize that chytrid infection is the proximate cause of amphibian population declines at Las Tablas and encourage further examinations of preserved museum material from sites with documented amphibian declines (e.g., Young et al., 2001).”
Integrative inventory of Bolivia’s lowland anurans reveals hidden diversity (2011, background): “The actual situation of South America’s amphibians is not well known (Young et al. 2001).”
Ecological Traits Predicting Amphibian Population Declines in Central America (2003, background): “…data collected prior to and following declines varied in the number of years, transects, and species studied for each site (Tables 1 & 2) but was sufficient in terms of area and time expended (Table 1) to document the magnitude of losses observed at other sites in Latin America (Young et al. 2001).”
Monitoring Terrestrial Salamanders: Biases Caused by Intense Sampling and Choice of Cover Objects (2003, background): “Similar efforts to monitor amphibians are underway in other parts of the world (Young et al., 2001).”
The Decline of the Sharp-Snouted Day Frog (Taudactylus acutirostris): The First Documented Case of Extinction by Infection in a Free-Ranging Wildlife Species? (2006, background): “…(Berger et al., 1998; Waldman et al., 2001), Africa (Weldon, 2002; Hopkins and Channing, 2003; Lane et al., 2003; Weldon et al., 2004), Spain (Bosch et al., 2001), Europe (Garner et al., 2005; Simoncelli et al., 2005), and the Americas (Fellers et al., 2001; Young et al., 2001; Ron et al., 2003).”
Conservation Biology of Caecilian Amphibians (2005, background): “Although known for frogs and salamanders, unequivocal declines have not been documented for caecilians (e.g., Houlahan et al. 2000; Young et al. 2001), and the group is barely mentioned in a recent volume on amphibian conservation (Semlitsch 2003).”
Who does all the research in conservation biology? (2005, background): “It has been argued that more on-the-ground conservation action rather than detailed research is needed ( Whitten et al. 2001 ) and that more emphasis on finding ways to protect ecosystem function is necessary, rather than just priority setting and theoretical modelling (Ginsberg 1999).”
Neotropical tadpoles influence stream benthos: evidence for the ecological consequences of decline in amphibian populations (2004, background): “Although nearby regions of western Panamá and Costa Rica have recently experienced widespread and massive losses of amphibian populations (Lips, 1998, 1999; Young et al., 2001; Lips et al., 2003), the El Copé study site still supports an abundant and diverse amphibian community.”
Global warming and biodiversity: Evidence of climate-linked amphibian declines in Italy (2009, background): “Since 1970, scientists have observed precipitous population declines worldwide and major extinctions are documented, especially of tropical mountain species, in Central and South America (e.g. Pounds et al., 1999; Young et al., 2001; Ron et al., 2003).”
Species Review of Amphibian Extinction Risks in Madagascar: Conclusions from the Global Amphibian Assessment (2005, background): “This suggests that Madagascar has so far escaped large-scale, recent amphibian extinctions such as those reported in many other areas of the world (e.g., Central America, Australia, and the United States) (Heyer et al. 1988; Alexander & Eischeid 2001; Young et al. 2001).”
An evaluation of the robustness of global amphibian range maps (2014, background): “…observations (Martin et al., 2012) are certainly not complete, and are likely to omit some biodiversity surveys and monitoring efforts occurring in tropical countries (Young et al., 2001); nevertheless, these data are probably a good representation of the global bias in biodiversity knowledge.”
Herpetofauna de serrapilheira da Reserva Florestal de Morro Grande, Cotia (SP) (2006, background): “…de anfíbios têm sido registrados em ambientes bem preservados em todo mundo, inclusive no Brasil (Heyer et al. 1988, 1990, Weygoldt 1989, Young et al. 2001), e que os fatores que os provocam são ainda desconhecidos, conhecer a fauna dos remanescentes florestais em áreas sob intensa…”
The recent decline of a New Zealand endemic: how and why did populations of Archey's frog Leiopelma archeyi crash over 1996–2001? (2004, background): “In order to elucidate real declines from stochastic fluctuations, Gardner (2001) notes that a long time series is highly desirable, although few studies are longer than five years, and even fewer are more than 10 (Alford and Richards, 1999; Houlahan et al., 2000; Marsh, 2001; Young et al., 2001).”
Global amphibian declines: sorting the hypotheses (2003, background): “Declines due to chytrid epizootics are most common at higher elevations in the tropics (Alford et al., 2001; Young et al., 2001).”
Estimating Decline and Distributional Change in Amphibians (2003, background): “As the issue of whether declines have occurred has receded, a premium has begun to be placed on information related to the prevalence, degree, and causes of distributional changes (Pounds et al. 1997; Skelly & Meir 1997; Semlitsch 2000; Davidson et al. 2001; Marsh & Trenham 2001; Young et al. 2001).”
Amphibian Declines in Latin America: Widespread Population Declines, Extinctions, and Impacts 1 (2005, background): “Young et al. (2001) compiled information from Latin American experts and concluded that at least 13 countries had experienced declines and in 40 cases the species were thought to be extinct or extirpated in a country where they once occurred.”