IUCN/SSC Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force Search this
Extent:
6 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Manuscripts
Date:
1991-2000
Descriptive Entry:
This accession consists of correspondence, project files, meeting minutes, grant files, symposia records, daily logs, Board meeting materials and records documenting
Board activities, and printouts of the DAPTF email list server. Most of the materials were created and maintained by W. Ronald Heyer, Board Chair, 1994-2000.
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.
IUCN/SSC Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force Search this
Extent:
11 cu. ft. (11 record storage boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Manuscripts
Clippings
Newsletters
Brochures
Compact discs
Electronic records
Date:
1992-2009
Descriptive Entry:
This accession consists primarily of the grant materials of the DAPTF. Grants include Seed Grants, DAPTF/CEPF (Critical Ecosystems Partnership Fund) grants, and Rapid
Response Fund grants. Materials include correspondence, proposals, reports, articles, and newspaper clippings. Also included are copies of the DAPTF newsletter Froglog,
materials concerning the DAPTF Board, memoranda, agenda, symposia, publications, and budget. Some materials are in electronic format.
Historical Note:
The Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force (DAPTF) was established under the sponsorship of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Species Survival
Commission (SSC) in 1991. On June 30, 2006, DAPTF became part of the IUCN Amphibian Specialists Group (ASG), which will continue and expand DAPTF's mission as an organization
devoted to amphibian research and conservation.
4.69 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes) (1 16x20 box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Manuscripts
Picture postcards
Electronic records
Compact discs
Illustrations
Color photographs
Black-and-white photographs
Black-and-white negatives
Color transparencies
Date:
1949-2011
Descriptive Entry:
This accession consists of papers documenting the career of W. Ronald Heyer, curator in the Division of Amphibians and Reptiles at the National Museum of Natural History.
Heyer's research focuses on the systematics, evolution, and biogeography of Neotropical amphibians. There is also a small amount of materials created by James Arthur Peters,
also a curator in this division. In addition, there are records relating to Heyer's work with the World Congress of Herpetology and the IUCN/SSC Declining Amphibian Populations
Task Force. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, and postcards; meeting notes; divisional materials; data; illustrations; manuscript materials; and photographs, slides,
and negatives. Some materials are in electronic format.
IUCN/SSC Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force Search this
Extent:
1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Manuscripts
Newsletters
Date:
1981-1982, 1992-2005
Descriptive Entry:
This accession consists of records created by the Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force (DAPTF). Materials include correspondence, funding records, grant reports,
membership information, and the newsletter Froglog.
