Reptile Biodiversity Standard Methods for Inventory and Monitoring 1st Edition by Roy McDiarmid, Mercedes Foster, Craig Guyer, Whitfield Gibbons, Neil Chernoff 0520266714 9780520266711

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ISBN 10: 0520266714

ISBN 13: 9780520266711

Author: Dr. Roy W. McDiarmid, Dr. Mercedes S. Foster, Dr. Craig Guyer, Dr. J. Whitfield Gibbons, Dr. Neil Chernoff.

From tiny, burrowing lizards to rainforest canopy-dwellers and giant crocodiles, reptile populations everywhere are changing. Yet government and conservation groups are often forced to make important decisions about reptile conservation and management based on inadequate or incomplete data. With contributions from nearly seventy specialists, this volume offers a comprehensive guide to the best methods for carrying out standardized quantitative and qualitative surveys of reptiles, while maximizing comparability of data between sites, across habitats and taxa, and over time. The contributors discuss each method, provide detailed protocols for its implementation, and suggest ways to analyze the data, making this volume an essential resource for monitoring and inventorying reptile abundance, population status, and biodiversity.

Table of contents:

PART ONE: Introduction

1 Studying Reptile Diversity

2 Reptile Diversity and Natural History: An Overview

PART TWO: Planning a Diversity Study

3 Study Design and Sampling

4 Dealing with Associated Data

5 Finding and Capturing Reptiles

6 Voucher Specimens

7 Preparing Reptiles as Voucher Specimens

8 Dealing with Live Reptiles

9 Marking Reptiles

10 Determining Age, Sex, and Reproductive Condition

PART THREE: Sampling Reptile Diversity

11 Techniques for Reptiles in Difficult-to-Sample Habitats

12 Statistical Properties of Techniques and Validation

13 Standard Techniques for Inventory and Monitoring

14 Parametric Analysis of Reptile Biodiversity Data

15 Population Size and Demographics

16 Monitoring Exploited Species

PART FOUR: Conclusions

17 Reptile Biodiversity: Where Do We Go from Here?

APPENDIX I: Selected Institutions with Significant Collections of Reptiles

APPENDIX II: Websites of Interest

LITERATURE CITED

ADDRESSES OF AUTHORS AND CONTRIBUTORS

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