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1. What are the direct and indirect effects of various agricultural practices on amphibian and reptile populations?  What is the evidence?

2. How do agricultural stressors interact with non-agricultural stressors to affect amphibians and reptiles?

3. Do agricultural practices influence the incidences of diseases and developmental abnormalities in amphibians and reptiles?

4. How might climate change affect agroecosystems, agricultural practices, and subsequently amphibians and reptiles?

5. Will increased production of biofuels change the dynamics of agricultural practices and their effects on amphibians and reptiles?

6. What do we know about the possible direct and indirect effects of genetically engineered organisms on agroecosystems and amphibians and reptiles?

7. Which modeling techniques can be used to integrate data from different scales and disciplines to describe and predict effects of agricultural and non-agricultural stressors on amphibians and reptiles?

8. How do agricultural practices and rates of change in those practices around the world compare geographically with biodiversity and known declines of amphibians and reptiles?

9. How will changing economic drivers and needs for agricultural products likely affect agricultural practices around the world in the foreseeable future?

10. Based upon current and predicted agricultural production, in combination with other stressors, which areas/species of amphibians and reptiles are of greatest conservation concern worldwide?

11. Are agroecosystems helping amphibian and reptile populations to persist in the face of urban development?

12. How can we assess risks agricultural practices and other stressors pose to amphibian and reptile populations now and in the future?

13. Are amphibians and reptiles valuable bioindicators of ecological health in agroecosystems?

14. Is amphibian and reptile biodiversity reflective of greater biodiversity in agroecosystems?

15. Which conservation practices have been shown to benefit amphibians and reptiles and how do they work?

16. How can conservation practices/programs be improved for amphibians, reptiles, and farmers?

17. Are there new innovative strategies for improving habitat quantity and quality in agroecosystems?

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