Amphibians on the hotspot: Molecular biology and conservation in the South American Atlantic Rainforest.

ABSTRACT: Amphibians are the focus of a recent debate and public attention owing to the global decline in their populations worldwide. Amphibians are one of the most threatened and poorly known groups of vertebrates in several geographic areas, even though they play a central role in their own ecosystems. At different levels, amphibians make their contribution to proper ecosystem functioning. They act as regulators of the food web and nutrient cycling, and they also provide several valuable ecosystem services, e.g., as a food source and as animal models for lab research. In this sense, it seems clear that the maintenance of amphibian diversity should be one of the major goals for the several countries where their population decline is observed. However, we are still struggling with the very first st

SUBMITTER: Amaral CRL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6808428 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature