The Role of Reproductive Technologies in Amphibian Conservation Breeding Programs.

@article{Silla2019TheRO,
  title={The Role of Reproductive Technologies in Amphibian Conservation Breeding Programs.},
  author={Aimee J. Silla and Phillip G. Byrne},
  journal={Annual review of animal biosciences},
  year={2019},
  volume={7},
  pages={
          499-519
        }
}
  • A. J. Silla, P. Byrne
  • Published 14 February 2019
  • Environmental Science
  • Annual review of animal biosciences
Anthropogenic environmental change has led to unprecedented rates of species extinction, presenting a major threat to global biodiversity. Among vertebrates, amphibians have been most severely impacted, with an estimated 41% of species now threatened with extinction. In response to this biodiversity crisis, a moral and ethical obligation exists to implement proactive interventionist conservation actions to assist species recovery and decelerate declines. Conservation breeding programs have been… 
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