Sentences with phrase «of its amphibian biodiversity»

In 2000, Chicago Wilderness initiated a calling frog survey as part of its amphibian biodiversity recovery plan.

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Biodiversity, including small predators such as dragonflies and other aquatic bugs that attack and consume parasites, may improve the health of amphibians, according to a team of researchers.

B. salamandrivorans poses an extreme risk to European amphibian biodiversity and nations need to urgently consider appropriate biosecurity measures to stop the further spread of this emerging pathogen.»

Of the total new species of amphibians (1581) described globally between the years 2006 - 2015, the highest number were from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest (approximately 182) followed by the Western Ghats - Sri Lanka biodiversity hotspot (approximately 159), with 103 species described alone from the Western Ghats regioOf the total new species of amphibians (1581) described globally between the years 2006 - 2015, the highest number were from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest (approximately 182) followed by the Western Ghats - Sri Lanka biodiversity hotspot (approximately 159), with 103 species described alone from the Western Ghats regioof amphibians (1581) described globally between the years 2006 - 2015, the highest number were from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest (approximately 182) followed by the Western Ghats - Sri Lanka biodiversity hotspot (approximately 159), with 103 species described alone from the Western Ghats region.

Worldwide, Bd has been implicated in the decline or extinction of at least 200 amphibian species, and some biologists peg it as the driving force behind the largest disease - caused loss of biodiversity ever recorded.

Species richness, beta diversity, and reproductive traits of amphibians in Ecuador The region of the western Amazon and foothill of the Andes is home to the highest anuran biodiversity, and understanding how its... AmphibiaWeb

Biodiversity survey work is a critical step to assess and monitor the state of amphibians in any given area, even protected ones.

There are multiple causes of the detailed processes involved in global amphibian declines and extinctions [107]--[108], but global warming is a key contributor and portends a planetary - scale mass extinction in the making unless action is taken to stabilize climate while also fighting biodiversity's other threats [109].

From cloud forest to mangrove swamp, the park's astounding biodiversity includes an estimated 500 species of trees, approximately 140 species of mammal, over 360 species of bird, nearly 120 species of reptiles and amphibians, and over 6,000 species of insects.

As a result of globalization and lack of biosecurity, it has recently been introduced into naïve European amphibian populations, where it is currently causing biodiversity loss.

The authors noted that one area, the 1,600 - acre Tiputini Biodiversity Station, on the northern edge of the park, has unparalleled peaks of diversity in reptiles, amphibians, insects, birds and bats.

«B. salamandrivorans poses an extreme risk to European amphibian biodiversity and nations need to urgently consider appropriate biosecurity measures to stop the further spread of this, and other similar, emerging pathogens.»

It is a true amphibian half aquatic and half terrestrial city, able to accommodate 50,000 inhabitants and inviting the biodiversity to develop its fauna and flora around a central lagoon of soft water collecting and purifying the rain waters.

There are multiple causes of the detailed processes involved in global amphibian declines and extinctions [107]--[108], but global warming is a key contributor and portends a planetary - scale mass extinction in the making unless action is taken to stabilize climate while also fighting biodiversity's other threats [109].

Of the more than 47,000 species surveyed, about 17,000 are at serious risk — of those 21 % of the world's mammal species, 12 % of birds, 28 % of reptiles, 30 % of amphibians, 35 % of invertebrates, 37 % of freshwater fish and 70 % of plants: Jane Smart, director of IUCN's Biodiversity Conservation Group says there is mounting evidence that we are in the midst of a serious extinction crisiOf the more than 47,000 species surveyed, about 17,000 are at serious risk — of those 21 % of the world's mammal species, 12 % of birds, 28 % of reptiles, 30 % of amphibians, 35 % of invertebrates, 37 % of freshwater fish and 70 % of plants: Jane Smart, director of IUCN's Biodiversity Conservation Group says there is mounting evidence that we are in the midst of a serious extinction crisiof those 21 % of the world's mammal species, 12 % of birds, 28 % of reptiles, 30 % of amphibians, 35 % of invertebrates, 37 % of freshwater fish and 70 % of plants: Jane Smart, director of IUCN's Biodiversity Conservation Group says there is mounting evidence that we are in the midst of a serious extinction crisiof the world's mammal species, 12 % of birds, 28 % of reptiles, 30 % of amphibians, 35 % of invertebrates, 37 % of freshwater fish and 70 % of plants: Jane Smart, director of IUCN's Biodiversity Conservation Group says there is mounting evidence that we are in the midst of a serious extinction crisiof birds, 28 % of reptiles, 30 % of amphibians, 35 % of invertebrates, 37 % of freshwater fish and 70 % of plants: Jane Smart, director of IUCN's Biodiversity Conservation Group says there is mounting evidence that we are in the midst of a serious extinction crisiof reptiles, 30 % of amphibians, 35 % of invertebrates, 37 % of freshwater fish and 70 % of plants: Jane Smart, director of IUCN's Biodiversity Conservation Group says there is mounting evidence that we are in the midst of a serious extinction crisiof amphibians, 35 % of invertebrates, 37 % of freshwater fish and 70 % of plants: Jane Smart, director of IUCN's Biodiversity Conservation Group says there is mounting evidence that we are in the midst of a serious extinction crisiof invertebrates, 37 % of freshwater fish and 70 % of plants: Jane Smart, director of IUCN's Biodiversity Conservation Group says there is mounting evidence that we are in the midst of a serious extinction crisiof freshwater fish and 70 % of plants: Jane Smart, director of IUCN's Biodiversity Conservation Group says there is mounting evidence that we are in the midst of a serious extinction crisiof plants: Jane Smart, director of IUCN's Biodiversity Conservation Group says there is mounting evidence that we are in the midst of a serious extinction crisiof IUCN's Biodiversity Conservation Group says there is mounting evidence that we are in the midst of a serious extinction crisiof a serious extinction crisis.