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Amphibians References

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Yellowstone Science

Corn, P. S. 2007. Amphibians and disease: Implications for conservation in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. In Yellowstone Science. Vol. 15.
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Patla, D. A. and C. R. Peterson. 1999. Are amphibians declining in Yellowstone National Park? In Yellowstone Science. Vol. 7(1): 2–11.
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Selected References

Baum, R. E. and C. R. Peterson. 2005. Occurrence, distribution, relative abundance, and habitat relationships of amphibians and reptiles in Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area. Pocatello, ID: Idaho State University, Department of Biological Sciences, Idaho Museum of Natural History.
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Corn, P. S., B. R. Hossack, E. Muths, D. A. Patla, C. R. Peterson, and A. L. Gallant. 2005. Status of amphibians on the Continental Divide: Surveys on a transect from Montana to Colorado, USA. Alytes 22(3-4):85-94. Abstract
Hossack, B. R., S. A. Diamond, and P. S. Corn. 2006. Distribution of boreal toad populations in relation to estimated UV-B dose in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. Canadian Journal of Zoology 84(1):98-107.
Keinath, D. and M. McGee. 2005. Boreal toad (Bufo boreas boreas): A technical conservation assessment. USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region.
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Koch, E. D. and C. R. Peterson. 1995. Amphibians and reptiles of Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press.
McMenamin, S. K., E. A. Hadly, and C. K. Wright. 2008. Climatic change and wetland desiccation cause amphibian decline in Yellowstone National Park. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105(44):16988-16993. Abstract
Muths, E., A. L. Gallant, E. H. Campbell Grant, W. A. Battaglin, D. E. Green, J. S. Staiger, S. C. Wells, M. S. Gunzburger, and R. F. Kearney. 2006. The Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative. US Geological Survey.
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Parker, J. and S. Anderson. 2001. Identification guide to the herptiles of Wyoming. Cheyenne, WY: Wyoming Game and Fish Department.
Patla, D. A. and C. R. Peterson. 2002. Amphibian diversity, distribution, and habitat use in the Yellowstone Lake Basin. In R. J. Anderson and D. Harmon, ed., Yellowstone Lake: Hotbed of chaos or reservoir of resilience? Proceedings of the 6th Biennial Scientific Conference on the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, 179-191. Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel, Yellowstone National Park: Yellowstone Center for Resources and George Wright Society.
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Patla, D. A. and C. R. Peterson. 2004. Amphibian and reptile inventory and monitoring Grand Teton and Yellowstone national parks, 2000–2003. Idaho State University.
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Patla, D. A. and D. Keinath. 2005. Columbia spotted frog (Rana luteiventris formerly R. pretiosa): A technical conservation assessment. USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region.
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Smith, B. E. and D. A. Keinath. 2007. Northern leopard frog (Rana pipiens): A technical conservation assessment. USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region.
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Spear, S. F., C. R. Peterson, M. D. Matoco, and A. Storfer. 2005. Landscape genetics of the blotched tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum melanostictum). Molecular Ecology 14(8):2553-2564.
Spear, S. F., C. R. Peterson, M. D. Matocq, and A. Storfer. 2006. Molecular evidence for historical and recent population size reductions of tiger salamanders (Ambystoma tigrinum) in Yellowstone National Park. Conservation Genetics 7(4):605-611.
Stebbins, R. C. 2003. A field guide to Western reptiles and amphibians. 3rd edition. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin Co.

Internet Links

Montana Field Guides. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. Abstract
Wyoming Natural Diversity Database. University of Wyoming.