Study finds greater risk of extinction among high diversity amphibian groups

By the Simon Fraser University Biology Department

SFU’s Issues and Experts and SFU News have featured a recent study by Dan Greenberg and Arne Mooers.

From the reports: “A new study by Simon Fraser University biologists Dan Greenberg and Arne Mooers offers clues to why more than 30 per cent of amphibians, including frogs, newts, toads and salamanders, are at risk of extinction.

The researchers examined evolutionary patterns of modern extinction risk across more than 300 amphibian groups and found that species from groups with high ongoing diversification are at greater risk of extinction than slowly diversifying lineages. The research is published this month in the journal Evolution Letters.”

Click on the links below for more information and a link to the article:

http://www.sfu.ca/university-communications/issues-experts/2017/study-finds-greater-risk-of-extinction-among-high-diversity-amph.html

http://www.sfu.ca/science/news-events/news/2017/study-finds-greater-risk-of-extinction-among-high-diversity-amphibian-groups.html

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