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Snakes : Ecology and Conservation /
Destruction of habitat due to urban sprawl, pollution, and deforestation has caused population declines or even extinction of many of the world's approximately 2,600 snake species. Furthermore, misconceptions about snakes have made them among the most persecuted of all animals, despite the fact...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ithaca :
Comstock Pub. Associates/Cornell University Press,
2009.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction : opening doors for snake conservation / Stephen J. Mullin and Richard A. Seigel
- Innovative methods for studies of snake ecology and conservation / Michael E. Dorcas and John D. Willson
- Molecular phylogeography of snakes / Frank T. Burbrink and Todd A. Castoe
- Population and conservation genetics / Richard B. King
- Modeling snake distribution and habitat / Christopher L. Jenkins, Charles R. Peterson, and Bruce A. Kingsbury
- Linking behavioral ecology to conservation objectives / Patrick J. Weatherhead and Thomas Madsen
- Reproductive biology, population viability, and options for field management / Richard Shine and Xavier Bonnet
- Conservation strategies : captive rearing, translocation and repatriation / Bruce A. Kingsbury and Omar Attum
- Habitat manipulation as a viable conservation strategy / Kevin T. Shoemaker, Glenn Johnson, and Kent A. Prior
- Snakes as indicators and monitors of ecosystem properties / Steven J. Beaupre and Lara E. Douglas
- Combating ophiophobia : origins, treatment, education, and conservation tools / Gordon M. Burghardt [and others]
- Snake conservation, present and future / Richard A. Seigel and Stephen J. Mullin.