Reference Request
Finding Aids to Records of Professional Societies in the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 08-122
IUCN/SSC Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force
Records, 1991-2004
Historical Note
The Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force (DAPTF) was established under the sponsorship of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Species Survival Commission (SSC) around 1990. It is a volunteer collaborative group that focuses on the question of frog species survival. One of the functions of the DAPTF is to assemble all known references to inventory and monitoring efforts on amphibians on a worldwide scale.
Descriptive Entry
The records include correspondence, project files, meeting minutes, grant files, symposia records, Board meeting materials and records documenting Board activities, and new articles. Materials document the tenures of Chairs James Hanken and W. Ronald Heyer.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Heyer, W. Ronald
- Hanken, James
- IUCN/SSC Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force
- International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
Subject
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 08-122, IUCN/SSC Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force, Records