Do frogs make good canaries?
Coal miners used to take canaries with them into coal mines; more sensitive than humans to poisonous gases, they provided a living early-warning system. Are recent population declines among the world's frogs warning us of an environmental catastrophe to come?
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Department of Biological Sciences, Open University.
D000818:Animals; D001001:Anura / Q000002:abnormalities; D002980:Climate; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004782:Environmental Health; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D011157:Population Dynamics; D013045:Species Specificity