Response to Comment on "Status and Trends of Amphibian Declines and Extinctions Worldwide"

Using information on Brazilian species, Pimenta et al. assert that we overestimated the number of threatened amphibians. This claim, based on a misunderstanding of the IUCN-The World Conservation Union Red List criteria and a strongly evidentiary attitude to listing species, almost certainly serious...

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Published in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 2005-09, Vol.309 (5743), p.1999-1999
Main Authors: Stuart, Simon N, Chanson, Janice S, Cox, Neil A, Young, Bruce E, Rodrigues, Ana S.L, Fischman, Debra L, Waller, Robert W
Format: Article
Language:English
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Amphibians
Freshwater
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Summary:Using information on Brazilian species, Pimenta et al. assert that we overestimated the number of threatened amphibians. This claim, based on a misunderstanding of the IUCN-The World Conservation Union Red List criteria and a strongly evidentiary attitude to listing species, almost certainly seriously underestimates the number of threatened amphibians in Brazil.
ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.1113265