Abstract The Western honey bee (Apis mellifera) is responsible for ecosystem services
(pollination) worth US $215 billion annually worldwide and the number of managed colonies …

Translocations are important tools in the field of conservation. Despite increased use over
the last few decades, the appropriateness of translocations for amphibians and reptiles has …

Human activities continue to erode the tree of life, requiring us to prioritize research and
conservation. Amphibians represent key victims and bellwethers of global change, and the …

The current biodiversity crisis encompasses a sixth mass extinction event affecting the entire
class of amphibians. The infectious disease chytridiomycosis is considered one of the major …

Since amphibian declines were first proposed as a global phenomenon over a quarter
century ago, the conservation community has made little progress in halting or reversing …

This groundbreaking volume is the first comprehensive, critical examination of the rise of
protected areas and their current social and economic position in our world. It examines the …

The global emergence and spread of the pathogenic, virulent, and highly transmissible
fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, resulting in the disease chytridiomycosis, has …

James Gustave Speth, pravnik po svom postdiplomskom obrazovanju, danas je profesor
znanosti o okolišu na Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (Odjel …

As part of an overall decline in biodiversity, populations of many organisms are declining
and species are being lost at unprecedented rates around the world. This includes many …

The worldwide decline in amphibians has been attributed to several causes, especially
habitat loss and disease. We identified a further factor, namely “habitat split”—defined as …