Habitat loss and climate change impacts on Neotropical anurans: Implications for in-situ conservation. A case study with Glassfrogs from eastern Ecuador (Amphibia: Anura: Centrolenidae). Cisneros-Heredia, D. F. Ph.D. Thesis, King's College London, London, 2008.
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This dissertation intended to improve knowledge on the impacts by climate change and habitat loss and how protected areas help to mitigate them. I predicted the current and future distribution ranges under temperature-increase scenarios for centrolenid frogs from eastern Ecuador using ecological niche modelling. Results indicate that despite uncertainties, deforestation represents an important factor that threats the long-term conservation of amphibian populations while climate change is likely their greatest threat, and effects derived from the interactions between both aspects diminishes the capacity of species to adapt to future changes. Governmental protected areas play an important role in mitigating effects by current deforestation and future climate change. Private protected reserves are also important especially to mitigate deforestation in areas left outside of official protection though highly biodiverse.
@phdthesis{cisneros-heredia_habitat_2008,
	address = {London},
	type = {{MS} {Dissertation}},
	title = {Habitat loss and climate change impacts on {Neotropical} anurans: {Implications} for in-situ conservation. {A} case study with {Glassfrogs} from eastern {Ecuador} ({Amphibia}: {Anura}: {Centrolenidae})},
	copyright = {All rights reserved},
	abstract = {This dissertation intended to improve knowledge on the impacts by climate change and habitat loss and how protected areas help to mitigate them. I predicted the current and future distribution ranges under temperature-increase scenarios for centrolenid frogs from eastern Ecuador using ecological niche modelling. Results indicate that despite uncertainties, deforestation represents an important factor that threats the long-term conservation of amphibian populations while climate change is likely their greatest threat, and effects derived from the interactions between both aspects diminishes the capacity of species to adapt to future changes. Governmental protected areas play an important role in mitigating effects by current deforestation and future climate change. Private protected reserves are also important especially to mitigate deforestation in areas left outside of official protection though highly biodiverse.},
	language = {English},
	school = {King's College London},
	author = {Cisneros-Heredia, Diego F.},
	year = {2008},
}

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