Reptile biodiversity: standard methods for inventory and monitoring / edited by Roy W. McDiarmid, Mercedes S. Foster ... [et al.]

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AUTHORS AND CONTRIBUTORS.. FOREWORD.. PREFACE.. CHAPTER 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 Determinating 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.. APPENDIX II.. LITERATURE CITED.. ADDRESSES OF AUTHORS AND CONTRIBUTORS.. INDICES

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. eng