Including papers, articles and reports in the public arena.
Unpublished reports are not included.
- Alexander, M.A. and Eischeid, J.K. 2001. Climate variability in regions of amphibian declines. Conservation Biology. 15(4):930-942.
- Alford, R.A. and Richards, S.J. 1997. Lack of evidence for epidemic disease as an agent in the catastrophic decline of Australian rain forest frogs. Conservation Biology. 11(4):1026-1029.
- Berger, L., Speare, R., Daszak, P., Green, D.E., Cunningham, A.A., Goggin, C.L., Slocombe, R., Ragan, M.A., Hyatt, A.D., Mcdonald, K.R., Hines, H.B., Lips, K.R., Marantelli, G., Parkes, H. 1998. Chytridiomycosis causes amphibian mortality associated with population declines in the rainforests of Australia and Central America. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 95(15):9031-9036.
- Broomhall, S.D., Osborne, W.S. and Cunningham, R.B. 2000. Comparative effects of ambient ultraviolet-B radiation on two sympatric species of Australian frogs. Conservation Biology. 14(2):420-427.
- Campbell, A. (Ed.) 1999. Declines and Disappearances of Australian Frogs. Environment Australia Canberra.
- Carey, C., Heyer, W.R., Wilkinson, J., Alford, R.A., Arntzen, J.W., Halliday,
T., Hungerford, L., Lips, K.R., Middleton, E.M., Orchard, S.A., Rand, A.S.
2001. Amphibian declines and environmental change: Use of remote-sensing data
to identify environmental correlates. Conservation Biology. 15(4):903-913.
- Couper, P.J. 1993. Hope for our missing frogs. Wildlife Australia 29: 11-12.
- Covacevich, J. A. and McDonald, K.R. 1993. Distribution and conservation of frogs and reptiles of Queensland rainforests. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 34: 189-99.
- Czechura, G.V. 1991. The Blackall-Conondale Ranges: frogs, reptiles and fauna conservation. p. 311-24 in Werren, G.L. and Kershaw, P. (eds) The Rainforest Legacy, Vol. 2. AGPS, Canberra.
- Czechura, G.V. 1991. The twilight zone. Wildlife Australia. 28: 20-22.
- Czechura, G. V. and Ingram, G. J. 1990. Taudactylus diurnus and the case of the disappearing frogs. Mem. Qld Mus. 29: 361-365.
- Daszak, P., Berger, L., Cunningham, A.A., Hyatt, A.D., Green, P.E. and Speare, R. 1999. Emerging infectious diseases and amphibian population declines. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 5(5).
- Daszak, P., Cunningham, A.A. and Hyatt, A.D. 2001. Anthropogenic environmental change and the emergence of infectious diseases in wildlife. Acta Tropica. 78(2):103-116.
- Driscoll, D.A. 1999. Skeletochronological assessment of age structure and population stability for two threatened frog species. Australian Journal of Ecology. 24(2):182-189.
- Driscoll, D.A. and Roberts, J.D. 1997. Impact of fuel-reduction burning on the frog Geocrinia lutea in southwest western Australia. Australian Journal of Ecology. 22(3):334-339.
- Ferraro, T.J. and Burgin, S. 1993. Amphibian Decline: A case study in western Sydney p. 197-204 in Lunney, D. and Ayers, D. (eds) Herpetology in Australia: A diverse discipline. Royal Zoological Society of NSW, Mosman.
- Gillespie, G.R. 2001. The role of introduced trout in the decline of the spotted tree frog (Litoria spenceri) in south-eastern Australia. Biological Conservation. 100(2):187-198.
- Gillespie, G.R. and Hollis, G.J. 1996. Distributionand habitatof the spotted treefrog Litoria spenceri Dubois (Anura,Hylidae), and an assessment of potential causes of population declines. Wildlife Research. 23(1):49-75.
- Hero, J-M. 1991. A froggy forecast. Wildlife Australia. 28: 14-15.
- Hero, J-M. and Gillespie, G.R. 1997. Epidemic disease and amphibian declines in Australia. Conservation Biology. 11(4):1023-1025.
- Hyatt, A.D., Robinson, T. and Speare, R. 1996. Vanishing Frogs and Croaking Toads. Microbiology Australia. 17:8.
- Ingram, G.J. 1990. The mystery of the disappearing frog. Wildlife Australia. 27: 6-7.
- Ingram, G.J. 1991. The earliest record of the ?extinct Platypus Frog. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 30: 454.
- Ingram, G.J. 1991. Whose "bio-diversity" do you want to save? Wildlife Australia. 28: 6-7.
- Ingram, G.J. 1993. From the President's desk: Queensland's disappearing frogs. WPSQ News. 130: 3.
- Ingram, G.J. and McDonald, K.R. 1993. An update on the decline of Queensland's frogs p. 297-303 in Lunney, D. and Ayers, D. (eds) Herpetology in Australia: A diverse discipline. Royal Zoological Society of NSW, Mosman.
- Laurance, W.F. 1996. Catastrophic declines of Australian rainforest frogs - is unusual weather responsible? Biological Conservation. 77(2-3):203-212.
- Laurance, W.F., Mcdonald, K.R. and Speare, R. 1996. Epidemic disease and the catastrophic decline of rain forest frogs. Conservation Biology. 10(2):406-413.
- Laurance, W.F., McDonald, K.R. and Speare R. 1997. In defense of the epidemic disease hypothesis. Conservation Biology. 11:1030-4.
- Lemckert, F. 1999. Impacts of selective logging on frogs in a forested area of northern New South Wales. Biological Conservation. 89(3):321-328.
- Longcore, J.E, Pessier, A.P, Nichols, D.K. 1999. Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis gen. et sp. nov., a chytrid pathogenic to amphibians. Mycologia. 91:219-27.
- Mahoney, M. 1993. The status of frogs in the Watagan Mountains area, the central coast of New South Wales p. 257-64 in Lunney, D. and Ayers, D. (eds) Herpetology in Australia: A diverse discipline. Royal Zoological Society of NSW, Mosman.
- McDonald, K. R. 1990. Rheobatrachus Liem and Taudactylus Straughan & Lee (Anura: Leptodactylidae) in Eungella National Park, Queensland: distribution and decline. Trans. Roy. Soc. S. A. 114: 187-194.
- McDonald, K.R. 1992. Distribution patterns and conservation status of north Queensland rainforest frogs. Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage Conservation Technical Report 1: 1-51.
- McDonald, K.R., Covacevich, J.A., Ingram, G.J. and Couper, P.J. 1991. The status of frogs and reptiles Pp. 338-45 in Ingram, G.J. and Raven, R.J. (eds) An atlas of Queensland's frogs, reptiles, birds and mammals. Queensland Museum, Brisbane.
- McNellie, M. and J.-M. Hero. 1994. Mission Amphibian: the search for the missing rainforest frogs of Eungella. Wildlife Australia Magazine. Summer, 1994:22-23.
- Osborne, W.S. 1989. Distribution, relative abundance and conservation status of Corroboree frogs Pseudophryne corroboree Moore (Anura: Myobatrachidae). Australian Wildlife Research. 16: 537-47
- Osborne, W.S. 1990. Declining frog populations and extinctions in the Canberra region. Bogong. 11: 4-7.
- Osborne, W.S. 1991. The biology and management of the Corroboree Frog (Pseudophryne corroboree) in NSW. Species management report no. 8. NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service.
- Parris, K.M. 2001. Distribution, habitat requirements and conservation of the cascade treefrog (Litoria pearsoniana, Anura : Hylidae). Biological Conservation. 99(3):285-292.
- Richards, S. J., K. R. McDonald, and R. A. Alford. 1993. Declines in populations of Australia's endemic tropical rainforest frogs. Pacific Conservation Biology 1: 66-77.
- Speare, R. and Smith, J.R. 1992. An iridovirus-like agent isolated from the ornate burrowing frog Limnodynastes ornatus in northern Australia. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 14:51-7.
- Trenerry, M. P., Laurance, W. F. and McDonald, K. R. 1994. Further evidence for the precipitous decline of endemic rainforest frogs in tropical Australia. Pacific Conservation Biology 1: 150-153.
- Tyler, M.J. 1990. Declining amphibian populations: a global phenomenon? An Australian perspective. Alytes 9: 43-50.
- Tyler, M.J. 1991. Species at risk: our vanishing frogs. Habitat. 19: 20-25.
- Tyler, M.J. 1993. Frogwatch: to shun a silent spring. Australian Natural History. 24: 22-29.
- Watson, G.F., M.J. Littlejohn, J.-M. Hero and P. Robertson. 1991. Conservation status, ecology and management of the Spotted Tree Frog (Litoria spenceri). Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research - Technical Report Series (not refereed) Department of Conservation and Environment, Victoria. Report No. 116:40 pp.
- Werren, G.L. 1993. Conservation strategies for rare and threatened vertebrates of Australia's Wet Tropics Region. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 34: 229-41.
- Williams, S.E. and Hero, J-M. 2001. Multiple determinants of Australian tropical frog biodiversity. Biological Conservation. 98(1):1-10.
- Williams, S.E. and Hero, J-M. 1998. Rainforest frogs of the Australian wet tropics - Guild classification and the ecological similarity of declining species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London - Series B: Biological Sciences. 265(1396):597-602.
- Zupanovic, Z., Lopez, B., Hyatt, A.D., Green, B., Bartran, G., Parkes, H., et al. 1998. Giant toads Bufo marinus in Australia and Venezuela have antibodies against "ranaviruses". Dieases of Aquatic Organisms. 32:1-8.
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Last updated: October, 2001.