Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2000

Publication Title

BioScience

First Page

653

Last Page

666

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

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