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Amphibian ecology and conservation : a handbook of techniques /

"This practical manual of amphibian ecology and conservation brings together a distinguished, international group of amphibian researchers to provide a state-of-the-art review of the many new and exciting techniques used to study amphibians and to track their conservation status and population...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Dodd, C. Kenneth
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Colección:Oxford biology.
Techniques in ecology and conservation series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction. Amphibian diversity and life history / Martha L. Crump ; Setting objectives in field studies / Dan Cogǎlniceanu and Claude Miaud
  • Larvae. Morphology of amphibian larvae / Roy W. McDiarmid and Ronald Altig ; Larval sampling / David K. Skelly and Jonathan L. Richardson ; Dietary assessments of larval amphibians / Matt R. Whiles and Ronald Altig ; Aquatic mesocosms / Raymond D. Semlitsch and Michelle D. Boone ; Water-quality criteria for amphibians / Donald W. Sparling
  • Juveniles and adults. Measuring and marking post-metamorphic amphibians / John W. Ferner ; Egg mass and nest counts / Peter W.C. Paton and Reid N. Harris ; Dietary assessments of adult amphibians / Mirco Solé and Dennis Rödder ; Movement patterns and radiotelemetry / Dale M. Madison, Valorie R. Titus, and Victor S. Lamoureux ; Field enclosures and terrestrial cages / Elizabeth B. Harper, Joseph H.K. Pechmann, and James W. Petranka
  • Amphibian populations. Drift fences, coverboards, and other traps / John D. Willson and J. Whitfield Gibbons ; Area-based surveys / David M. Marsh and Lillian M.B. Haywood ; Rapid assessments of amphibian diversity / James R. Vonesh [and others] ; Auditory monitoring of anuran populations / Michael E. Dorcas [and others] ; Measuring habitat / Kimberly J. Babbitt, Jessica S. Veysey, and George W. Tanner
  • Amphibian communities. Diversity and similarity / C. Kenneth Dodd, Jr. ; Landscape ecology and GIS methods / Viorel D. Popescu and James P. Gibbs
  • Physiological ecology and genetics. Physiological ecology : field methods and perspective / Harvey B. Lillywhite ; Models in field studies of temperature and moisture / Jodi J.L. Rowley and Ross A. Alford ; Genetics in field ecology and conservation / Trevor J.C. Beebee
  • Monitoring, status, and trends. Selection of species and sampling areas : the importance to inference / Paul Stephen Corn ; Capture-mark-recapture, removal sampling, and occupancy models / Larissa L. Bailey and James D. Nichols ; Quantifying abundance : counts, detection probabilities, and estimates / Benedikt R. Schmidt and Jérôme Pellet ; Disease monitoring and biosecurity / D. Early Green, Matthew J. Gray, and Debra L. Miller ; Conservation and management / C. Kenneth Dodd, Jr.