Table 1.

Loss of ponds (actual or potential amphibian habitats) at selected localities in Europe over the last 50 years.

location	% lost	annual rate (%)	source
all UK	20% of ca 350 000 between 1958 and 1988	0.7	Swan & Oldham (1993)
Sussex downland (rural)	18% of 33 lost between 1977 and 1996	0.9	Beebee (1997)
Huntingdonshire (rural)	99% lost over 40 years	2.5	Nature Conservancy Council (1982)
Milton Keynes (urban)	33% of 126 lost between 1984 and 1994	3.3	Barnes & Halliday (1997)
Geneva basin Triturus cristatus populations (rural/urban area)	68% of 22 lost between 1975 and 1997	3.1	Arntzen & Thorpe (1999)