Article
The global decline of reptiles, deja’ vu amphibians
BioScience
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2000
Disciplines
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1641/0006-3568(2000)050[0653:TGDORD]2.0.CO;2
Abstract
Reptile species are declining on a global scale. Six significant threats to reptile populations are habitat loss and degradation, introduced invasive species, environmental pollution, disease, unsustainable use, and global climate change.
Rights
This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in BioScience following peer review. The version of record Gibbons, J. W., D. E. Scott, T. J. Ryan, K. A. Buhlmann, T. D. Tuberville, B. Metts, J. L. Greene, T. M. Mills, Y. Leiden, S. M. Poppy, and C. T. Winne. 2000. The global decline of reptiles, deja’ vu amphibians. BioScience 50:653-666. is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1641/0006-3568(2000)050[0653:TGDORD]2.0.CO;2
Citation Information
Gibbons, J. W., D. E. Scott, T. J. Ryan, K. A. Buhlmann, T. D. Tuberville, B. Metts, J. L. Greene, T. M. Mills, Y. Leiden, S. M. Poppy, and C. T. Winne. 2000. The global decline of reptiles, deja’ vu amphibians. BioScience 50:653-666. Available from: digitalcommons.butler.edu/facsch_papers/536/