tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1296891473658257515.post4958740619318569270..comments2024-01-21T18:11:39.783+00:00Comments on Ecology & Policy: Amphibians in Precipitous Decline Spurred by Climate Change and DiseaseCerihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10464850070627755264noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1296891473658257515.post-27184029282185564272008-09-27T09:53:00.000+00:002008-09-27T09:53:00.000+00:00Whilst not disagreeing with this "blog" I would as...Whilst not disagreeing with this "blog" I would ask that you have not thought through the other long term effects already in place?<BR/>Please read the issues discussed at-<BR/>http://www.lightpollution.org.uk<BR/>The base of predatory food chains, insects, were described as being at risk 14 years ago. Sir David Attenborough once said "Insects - We would do well to remember them!" Their decline has been on going for many years. Gerhard Eisenbeis has described them "being sucked from habitat areas (by) a vacuum cleaner effect"! America friends simply want to see the back of bugs. They can then sip their cold beers without irritation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1296891473658257515.post-19950651577939647932008-09-27T09:51:00.000+00:002008-09-27T09:51:00.000+00:00I doubt it. The environmental factors factors affe...I doubt it.<BR/> <BR/>The environmental factors factors affecting amphibians - climate change and habitat destruction (+ light pollution) will affect insects as well, so, no, their numbers will decline also, as has been observed. <BR/> <BR/>Natterjack toads were always rare. Isolated distribution along the Lancashire coast up to Dumfries, Talacre in N. Wales, and isolated pockets in Lincolnshire, Norfolk.Introduced into hampshire and Surrey.Colin Henshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10192041176312591653noreply@blogger.com