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Issue number 104 (October 2012) ISSN: 1026-0269 eISSN: 1817-3934
Volume 20, number 5
Conservation news for the herpetological community
Regional Focus
Asia, Russia and Oceania
INSIDE
News from the ASG Regional Updates Recent Publications General Announcements And More...
Alytes, 2012, 29 (1¢4): 1-144.
ISSN 0753-4973
Contents
Ariadne Angulo & Franco Andreone Bridging the gap between science and policy in amphibian conservation . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Simon N. Stuart Responding to the amphibian crisis: too little, too late? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9-12
Action plans
I J B Rhacophorus rhodopus of Hainan Island, a beautiful treeforg from Indochina that needs intact rainforest to survive. Photo credit: Bosco Chan@KCC.
Claude Gascon, James P. Collins, Don R. Church, Robin D. Moore, Franco Andreone, Phil Bishop, Sathyabhama Das Biju, Federico Bolaños, Xie Feng, Li Pipeng, Li Zhang, Haitao Shi, Stefan Lötters, Yolanda Matamoros, Madhava Meegaskumbura, Sanjay Molur, Priya Nanjappa Mitchell, José Manuel Mora-Benavides, Jaime Garcia-Moreno, Herilala Randriamahazo, James T. Reardon, César Molina, Santiago Ron, Jodi J. L. Rowley, Débora Silvano, Paula H. Valdujo & Vanessa K. Verdade Scaling a global plan into regional strategies for amphibian conservation . . . . . . . . . . . . .
nternatIonal
atrachology
15-27
Vanessa K. Verdade, Paula H. Valdujo, Ana Carolina Carnaval, Luis Schiesari, Luís Felipe Toledo, Tami Mott, Gilda V. Andrade, Paula C. Eterovick, Marcelo Menin, Bruno V. S. Pimenta, Cristiano Nogueira, Cybele S. Lisboa, Cátia D. de Paula & Débora L. Silvano A leap further: the Brazilian Amphibian Conservation Action Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28-43 Franco Andreone, Angus I. Carpenter, Jamieson Copsey, Angelica Crottini, Gerardo Garcia, Richard K. B. Jenkins, Jörn Köhler, Nirhy H. C. Rabibisoa, Herilala Randriamahazo & Christopher J. Raxworthy Saving the diverse Malagasy amphibian fauna: where are we four years after implementation of the Sahonagasy Action Plan? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ournal of
Metamorphosis wins International Photo Award 44-58
Threat factors
Rafael D. Loyola, João Carlos Nabout, Joaquim Trindade-Filho, Priscila Lemes, José Nicolás Urbina-Cardona, Ricardo Dobrovolski, Maíra Dalia Sagnori & José Alexandre F. Diniz-Filho Climate change might drive species into reserves: a case study of the American bullfrog in the Atlantic Forest Biodiversity Hotspot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Gentile Francesco Ficetola, Matteo Elio Siesa, Emilio Padoa-Schioppa & Fiorenza De Bernardi Wetland features, amphibian communities and distribution of the alien crayfish, Procambarus clarkii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
75-87
César Aguilar, Rocio Gamarra, César Ramirez, Juana Suarez, Claudia Torres & Karen Siu-Ting Anfibios andinos y estudios de impacto ambiental en concesiones mineras de Perú . . . . . . 88-102 Helen Gerson International trade in amphibians: a customs perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103-115 Points of view
Carlos A. Navas, Catherine R. Bevier & Ana Carolina Carnaval Integrative and objective science is the best link between amphibian decline research and conservation on the ground. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119-132
Michael J. Lannoo A perspective on amphibian conservation in the United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133-144
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