Amphibian ecology and conservation
Subtitle: a handbook of techniques
By: edited by C. Kenneth Dodd, Jr.
Contributors: Dodd, C. Kenneth.
Series: Techniques in ecology and conservation series; Techniques in ecology and conservation series
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 556
ISBN-13: 9780199541188; 9780199541195
Subjects: Amphibians -- Research -- Methodology; Amphibians -- Ecology -- Research -- Methodology; Amphibians -- Conservation -- Research -- Methodology; Amphibians -- Ecology -- Fieldwork; Amphibians -- Conservation -- Fieldwork
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1. Introduction; title: 1. Amphibian diversity and life history / Martha L. Camp; title: 2. Setting objectives in field studies / Dan Cogǎlniceanu and Claude Miaud; title: Pt. 2. Larvae; title: 3. Morphology of amphibian larvae / Roy W. McDiarmid and Ronald Altig; title: 4. Larval sampling / David K. Skelly and Jonathan L. Richardson; title: 5. Dietary assessments of larval amphibians / Matt R. Whiles and Ronald Altig; title: 6. Aquatic mesocosms / Raymond D. Semlitsch and Michelle D. Boone; title: 7. Water-quality criteria for amphibians / Donald W. Sparling; title: Pt. 3. Juveniles and adults; title: 8. Measuring and marking post-metamorphic amphibians / John W. Ferner; title: 9. Egg mass and nest counts / Peter W.C. Paton and Reid N. Harris; title: 10. Dietary assessments of adult amphibians / Mirco Solé and Dennis Rödder; title: 11. Movement patterns and radiotelemetry / Dale M. Madison, Valorie R. Titus, and Victor S. Lamoureux; title: 12. Field enclosures and terrestrial cages / Elizabeth B. Harper, Joseph H.K. Pechmann, and James W. Petranka; title: Pt. 4. Amphibian populations; title: 13. Drift fences, coverboards, and other traps / John D. Willson and J. Whitfield Gibbons; title: 14. Area-based surveys / David M. Marsh and Lillian M.B. Haywood; title: 15. Rapid assessments of amphibian diversity / James R. Vonesh ... [et al.]; title: 16. Auditory monitoring of anuran populations / Michael E. Dorcas ... [et al.]; title: 17. Measuring habitat / Kimberly J. Babbitt, Jessica S. Veysey, and George W. Tanner; title: Pt. 5. Amphibian communities; title: 18. Diversity and similarity  / C. Kenneth Dodd, Jr.; title: 19. Landscape ecology and GIS methods / Viorel D. Popescu and James P. Gibbs; title: Pt. 6. Physiological ecology and genetics; title: 20. Physiological ecology : field methods and perspective / Harvey B. Lillywhite; title: 21. Models in field studies of temperature and moisture / Jodi J.L. Rowley and Ross A. Alford; title: 22. Genetics in field ecology and conservation / Trevor J.C. Beebee; title: Pt. 7. Monitoring, status, and trends; title: 23. Selection of species and sampling areas : the importance to inference / Paul Stephen Corn; title: 24. Capture-mark-recapture, removal sampling, and occupancy models / Larissa L. Bailey and James D. Nichols; title: 25. Quantifying abundance : counts, detection, probabilities, and estimates / Benedikt R. Schmidt and Jérôme Pellet; title: 26. Disease monitoring and biosecurity / D. Early Green, Matthew J. Gray, and Debra L. Miller; title: 27. Conservation and management / C. Kenneth Dodd, Jr.