Reptile Biodiversity: Standard Methods for Inventory and Monitoring - Hardcover

Mcdiarmid, Roy; Foster, Mercedes; Guyer, Craig; Gibbons, Whitfield; Chernoff, Neil

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0520266714 ISBN 13: 9780520266711

Verlag: University of California Press, 2012

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Baseline data on population statuses, demographics, and natural history are lacking. Funds for biodiversity surveys are scarce, trained scientists are few, and time is short, making it critical that information be collected using standard methods that will maximize the comparability of data between sites, across habitats and taxa, and over time. In this volume nearly 60 experts on the study of reptilian biodiversity recommend methods for carrying out standardized quantitative surveys of reptile biodiversity. The contributors discuss each method and the circumstances for its use, provide detailed protocols for its implementation, and suggest ways to analyze the data. This volume will allow scientists, managers, and conservationists, both professionals and amateurs, to inventory and monitor of the diversity of this poorly know, but exceedingly important group.

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Roy W. McDiarmid is a Research Zoologist and Curator of Reptiles for the USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center at the National Museum of Natural History. Mercedes S. Foster is a Research Zoologist and Curator of Birds for the USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center at the National Museum of Natural History. Craig Guyer is Professor of Biological Sciences at Auburn University. J. Whitfield Gibbons is Professor of Ecology at the University of Georgia and former head of the Environmental Outreach and Education program at the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory. Neil Chernoff is a scientist at the National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

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“Authoritative and comprehensive—provides an up-to-date description of the tool box of methods for inventorying and monitoring the diverse spectrum of reptiles. All biodiversity scientists will want to have it during project planning and as study progresses. A must for field biologists, conservation planners, and biodiversity managers.”—Jay M. Savage, San Diego State University

“Kudos to the editors and contributors to this book. From the perspective of a non-ecologist such as myself, who only occasionally needs to intensively sample a particular site or habitat, the quality and clarity of this book has been well worth the wait.”—Jack W. Sites, Jr.

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Authoritative and comprehensiveprovides an up-to-date description of the tool box of methods for inventorying and monitoring the diverse spectrum of reptiles. All biodiversity scientists will want to have it during project planning and as study progresses. A must for field biologists, conservation planners, and biodiversity managers.Jay M. Savage, San Diego State University

Kudos to the editors and contributors to this book. From the perspective of a non-ecologist such as myself, who only occasionally needs to intensively sample a particular site or habitat, the quality and clarity of this book has been well worth the wait.Jack W. Sites, Jr.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: University of California Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0520266714
• ISBN 13: 9780520266711
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 417
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