Electrocuted! Amphibian deaths caused by electric discharge

Received: June 16, 2017 - Accepted: August 22, 2017 - Distributed: February 28, 2019 (With 1 figure) In the past decades, a large number of researchers have mapped the causes responsible for the decline of several amphibian species, a known global phenomenon since the early 1990s (Wake, 1991). On 07...

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Published in:	Brazilian journal of biology Vol. 79; no. 1; pp. 162 - 163
Main Authors:	Regnet, R A, Loebmann, D
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Brazil Association of the Brazilian Journal of Biology 01-01-2019 Instituto Internacional de Ecologia
Subjects:	Amphibians Breeding Buffer zones Conservation biology Demographics Electrocutions Endangered & extinct species Fatalities Frogs Habitat loss Mortality Reptiles & amphibians Science Sea level Species extinction Brasil Brazil Rio Grande do Sul Brazil Latin America
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Summary:	Received: June 16, 2017 - Accepted: August 22, 2017 - Distributed: February 28, 2019 (With 1 figure) In the past decades, a large number of researchers have mapped the causes responsible for the decline of several amphibian species, a known global phenomenon since the early 1990s (Wake, 1991). On 07 November 2016 at 8:30 a.m., we found a group of 15 dead mature frogs in a temporary pond located at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG), municipality of Rio Grande, state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (-32.0754 S-52.1689, 7 m above sea level). Demographic consequences ofterrestrial habitat loss for pool-breeding amphibians: predicting extinction risks associated with inadequate size of buffer zones.
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ISSN:	1519-6984 1678-4375 1678-4375
DOI:	10.1590/1519-6984.181449