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Reptiles : biology, behavior and conservation /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hauppauge, N.Y. :
Nova Science,
2011.
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| Colección: | Reptiles--classification, evolution, and systems.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- REPTILES: BIOLOGY, BEHAVIOR AND CONSERVATION ; REPTILES: BIOLOGY, BEHAVIOR AND CONSERVATION ; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; THE NORTHERN PINE SNAKE (PITUOPHIS MELANOLEUCUS) IN NEW JERSEY: ITS LIFE HISTORY, BEHAVIOR AND CONSERVATION; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION ; BRIEF NATURAL HISTORY OF NEW JERSEY PINE SNAKES ; Range ; Habitat ; Breeding ; Hibernation ; Contaminants ; METHODS AND RESEARCH APPROACH ; VULNERABILITY; HABITAT AND CONSERVATION ; Habitat Loss ; Conservation Options ; NESTING BEHAVIOR AND CONSERVATION ; Nesting Habitat ; Nesting Behavior ; Hatchling Vulnerability ; Conservation.
- HIBERNATION BEHAVIOR AND CONSERVATIONHabitat Selection ; Risks during Hibernation ; Pine Snake Conservation; Guidelines for the Construction of a Snake Hibernaculum ; PREDATORS ; Native Predators ; Human-Induced Predator Numbers ; Conservation ; KILLING AND POACHING ; Human Disturbance ; Road Kills ; Off-Road-Vehicles ; Poaching ; Conservation; INVESTIGATOR EFFECTS ; Understanding Effects ; Long-Term Research Project ; Conservation ; A CONSERVATION STRATEGY; Risk To Pine Snakes ; Protecting Pine Snakes ; CONCLUSIONS ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES.
- APPENDIX. SPECIAL HABITAT REQUIREMENTS FOR MAINTAINING STABLE NORTHERN PINE SNAKE POPULATIONS OVERLAPPING IMPORTANT TOPICS ; OPEN AREAS WITH ADJACENT FOREST ; PATCH SIZE AND DISPERSION ; SEASONAL USE; CONSERVATION IMPLICATIONS AND SUMMARY ; LESSONS FROM CROCODILIANS ON VERTEBRATE CARDIAC SHUNTING AND EXERCISE ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; Reptilian Right-to-Left Cardiac Shunt ; Crocodilian Cardiovascular and Metabolic Plasticity in Response to Exercise ; DOES CROCODILIAN R-L CARDIAC SHUNT AFFECT DIGESTION, GROWTH, BREATH-HOLD OR OXYGEN CONSUMPTION?
- Digestion and Growth in Alligators with and without R-L Cardiac Shunt Diving, Breath-Hold and Oxygen Consumption of Alligators with and without R-L Cardiac Shunt ; Systemic Cardiac Output and Oxygen Consumption in Embryonic Alligators with the LAo Occluded Downstream of the Foramen of Panizza; SUMMARY ; IS THE CROCODILIAN EXERCISE TRAINING RESPONSE MAMMALIAN OR REPTILIAN?; Exercise Training in Vertebrates ; Exercise Training Response in Crocodilians; Comparison of Alligator Exercise Training Response with Squamates' and Mammals' Responses ; CONCLUSIONS.
- Crocodilian R-L Cardiac Shunt is Not AdaptiveThe Crocodilian Exercise Training Response is Intermediate between that of Lizards and Mammals ; ABBREVIATIONS ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES ; SPATIAL COGNITION IN REPTILES ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION; LONG-RANGE NAVIGATION AND GEOMAGNETIC MAPS ; Examples of Long-Range Navigation ; The Geomagnetic Map ; Role of Other Cues in Long-Range Navigation ; HOMING AND THE CELESTIAL COMPASS ; Examples of Homing ; Role of Celestial Cues ; SHORT-RANGE NAVIGATION ; Short-Range Navigation to a Goal ; Spatial Win-Shift Tasks ; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS.