Increasingly uncommon common toads: multidecadal, ongoing abundance decline of a widespread amphibian despite volunteer conservation action

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  2025

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  Biodiversity and Conservation

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  2025-09-29

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  DOI 10.1007/s10531-025-03150-6
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