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Extinction in Our Times - Global Amphibian Decline (Hardcover)
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Extinction in Our Times - Global Amphibian Decline (Hardcover)
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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
others as they document the first modern extinction event across an
entire vertebrate class, using global examples that range from the
Sierra Nevada of California to the rainforests of Costa Rica and
the Mediterranean coast of North Africa. Joining scientific rigor
and vivid storytelling, this book is the first to use amphibian
decline as a lens through which to see more clearly the larger
story of climate change, conservation of biodiversity, and a host
of profoundly important ecological, evolutionary, ethical,
philosophical, and sociological issues.
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