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Author: McDiarmid, R. W., M. S. Foster, C. Guyer, J. W. Gibbons and N. Chernoff (eds.)
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by Roy W. McDiarmid (Editor); Mercedes S. Foster (Editor); Craig Guyer (Editor)

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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.

Reptile Biodiversity covers topics including:

- terrestrial, marine, and aquatic reptiles

- equipment recommendations and limitations

- ethics of monitoring and inventory activities

- statistical procedures

- designing sampling programs

- using PDAs in the field

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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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Title Reptile Biodiversity: Standard Methods for Inventory and Monitoring
Author Roy W. McDiarmid (Editor); Mercedes S. Foster (Editor); Craig Guyer (Editor)
Binding Hardcover
Edition number 1st
Edition 1
Pages 424
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher University of California Press, USA
Date 2012
Illustrated Yes
ISBN 9780520266711 / 0520266714
Weight 3.4 lbs (1.54 kg)
Dimensions 11 x 8.5 x 1.1 in (27.94 x 21.59 x 2.79 cm)
Themes
- Aspects (Academic): Science/Technology Aspects
- Topical: Ecology
Library of Congress subjects Animal diversity conservation, Reptiles - Conservation
Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011011205
Dewey Decimal Code 597.907

About the author

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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Berkeley: University of California Press, 2012. 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.