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|a A natural history of amphibians /
|c Robert C. Stebbins and Nathan W. Cohen ; illustrated by the authors.
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|a 1st pbk. printing.
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|a Princeton, N.J. :
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|a 1 online resource (xvi, 316 pages :
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|a Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-299) and index.
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|a Cover Page -- Half-title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- The Major Groups of Living Amphibians -- The Place of Amphibians in Nature -- Amphibian Life Cycles and Modes of Reproduction -- Natural History Overview -- 2. Skin -- Glands -- Coloration -- Shedding -- 3. Breathing -- Gills -- Lungs -- Skin -- Buccopharyngeal Respiration -- The Lung-breathing Mechanism -- 4. Limbs and Locomotion -- 5. Tail -- 6. Nose and Chemoreception -- Function of the Nasolabial Grooves -- Larval Amphibians -- Control of Nasal Water and Air Flow -- 7. Eyes and Vision -- Vision in Water and on Land -- Some Additional Anatomical Aspects -- Distance Perception and Visual Acuity -- Use of Vision in Feeding -- Color Vision -- Eye Protection -- Use of Amphibians in Studies of Vision -- 8. Food Habits -- Kinds of Food and Their Detection -- Visual Prey Detection -- Role of Olfaction -- Food Preferences -- The Feeding Mechanism -- Methods of Catching Prey -- Competition for Food and Partitioning of Food Resources -- Metabolic Reserves -- 9. Ears and Hearing -- Anurans -- The Opercularis System -- Salamanders -- Caecilians -- Amphibian Larvae -- Lateral Line System -- Reception of Seismic Signals -- 10. Voice -- Caecilians -- Salamanders -- Anurans -- Method of Sound Production -- Voice Intensity, Volume, and Directionality -- The "Advertisement" Call -- Chorus Formation and Pairing -- Vocalizations at Short Range -- Vocal Responses to Approaching Males -- Vocalizations and Predation -- Other Vocalizations -- 11. Temperature Characteristics -- Basking -- Temperature Preferences -- Tolerance of Temperature Extremes -- Thermal Acclimation -- Thermal Acclimatization -- Behaviorally Controlled Fever -- Coping with Freezing Temperatures -- Biological Effects of Environmental Temperatures.
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|a The Pineal Complex and Activity Rhythms -- Temperature and Timing of Reproduction -- 12. Body Water Regulation -- Hydroregulation -- Skin Structure and Water Loss in Lungless Salamanders -- Avoiding Desiccation -- The "Seat Patch -- Burrowing -- Dormant (Estivating) Amphibians: Cocoons -- Urea Retention -- Skin Color -- Uricotelic Frogs -- 13. Protection against Predators -- Protective Glands and Their Use in Defense -- Warning Coloration -- Mimicry -- Posturing and Delivery of Noxious Secretions -- Other Antipredator Adaptations -- Variation in Antipredator Responses -- Noxious Properties of Amphibian Eggs and Larvae -- 14. Home Range and Movements -- Some Measurements of Movements and Home Range in Salamanders and Anurans -- 15. Territorial Behavior and Fighting -- Salamanders -- Anurans -- Dear Enemy Recognition -- 16. Homing and Migration -- Shoreline Orientation -- Homing Behavior during Migrations -- Role of Olfaction in Homing -- How Does Homing Ability Become Established? -- 17. Reproduction -- Breeding Patterns and Their Control -- Reproductive Activities -- Caecilians -- Salamanders -- Anurans -- Eggs -- Gelatinous Capsules -- The Ovum -- Location and Shape of Egg Clusters (the "Spawn") -- Frequency of Laying and Number of Eggs Laid -- Larvae -- Caecilians -- Salamanders and Anurans -- Salamander Larvae -- Anuran Larvae (Tadpoles) -- 18. Parental Care -- Guarding of Eggs and Nest Sites -- Foam Nests -- Tadpole Herding -- Transport of Eggs and Larvae -- Frogs That Feed Their Young -- Pouch Brooding -- Vocal Sac Brooding -- Stomach Brooding -- Viviparous Amphibians -- 19. Contributions of Amphibians to Human Welfare -- Food -- Teaching and Research -- Toxicology -- Medicine -- Fever Therapy -- A Pharmacopeia of Skin Secretions -- The Australian Stomach-brooding Frogs and Gastric Ulcers -- 20. Declining Amphibians.
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|a Examples of Declines with Comments on Possible Causes: Selections from Western North, Central, and South America, and Australia -- Western North America -- Central and South America -- Australia -- Amphibians as "Bio-indicators -- Known and Possible Causes of Amphibian Declines -- A Diversity of Local Impacts -- Global Impacts -- The Role of Biomagnification -- The Endocrine Connection -- Amphibians as Subjects for Study of the Effects of Chemical Contaminants at the Hormonal and Developmental Levels -- Some Topics Needing Study in Relation to the Possible Role of Synthetic Chemicals in Amphibian Declines -- Possible Impacts of Amphibian Declines -- What of the Future? -- Literature Cited -- Index.
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