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
Recommended Citation
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/