Reptile Ecology and Conservation A Handbook of Techniques
, by Dodd, C. KennethNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780198726142 | 0198726147
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 7/5/2016
C. Kenneth Dodd, Courtesy Associate Professor, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida
Ken Dodd is currently Courtesy Associate Professor in the Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation at the University of Florida. He has previously held positions at Mississippi State University as Assistant Professor in 1975, Staff Herpetologist at the Office of Endangered Species in the US Fish and Wildlife Service from 1976 to 1984, and Research Zoologist at the US Geological Survey from 1984 to 2007. He has published over 210 research and popular articles, book reviews and book chapters and edited the Amphibian volume in OUP's Techniques in Ecology and Conservation Series. He is a past President of the Herpetologists' League and was Associate Editor for the Journal of Herpetology for over 8 years. His professional interests are conservation biology, population ecology and demography, monitoring vertebrate populations, sampling approaches, and history of herpetology. Ken lives in Gainesville, Florida, with his wife Marian Griffey and their 8 cats and numerous turtles.
Part 1. Introduction
1. Reptile diversity and life history, Laurie Vitt
2. Planning and setting objectives in field studies, Robert N. Fisher
3. Data collection and storage, Richard Seigel
Part 2. The Individual
4. Measuring and marking reptiles, John W. Ferner and Michael V. Plummer
5. Digital identification and analysis, Roberto Sacchi, Stefano Scali, Marco Mangiacotti, Marco Sannolo, Marco Alberto Luca Zuffi
6. Preserving specimens for additional study, Steve W. Gotte, Jeremy F. Jacobs, and George R. Zug
7. Reproduction, Gunther Kohler
8. Diet, Luca Luiselli and Giovanni Amori
9. Movement patterns and telemetry, Bruce Kingsbury and Nathan J. Robinson
Part 3. Sampling Reptiles
10. Surface-dwelling reptiles: coverboards, drift fences and arrays, John D. Willson
11. Arboreal and fossorial reptiles, Robert Henderson, Robert Powell, Jose Martin, and Pilar Lopez
12. Sea snakes, Xavier Bonnet, Arne R. Rasmussen and Francois Brischoux
13. Freshwater turtles, Richard Vogt
14. Terrestrial turtles and tortoises, Margaretha Hofmeyr and Brian Henen
15. Sea turtles, Seth Stapleton and Karen Eckert
16. Crocodilians, Charlie Manolis and Matt Brien
Part 4. Reptiles in the Community
17. Plot and transect censuses, Tiffany M. Doan
18. Rapid assessments of reptile diversity, Indraneil Das
19. Measuring microhabitats used by non-avian reptiles, Henry Mushinsky and Earl McCoy
20. Water quality and toxicology, Christine Bishop
21. Richness, diversity and similarity, C. Kenneth Dodd, Jr.
22. Landscape ecology, biogeography and GIS methods, Monika Bohm and Viorel D. Popescu
Part 5. Experimental Applications, Physiological Ecology, Genetics
23. Experimental applications, Stephen J. Mullin
24. Body temperatures and the thermal environment, Keith Christian, Richard Tracy, and Christopher Tracy
25. Genetics in field ecology and conservation, Nancy Fitzsimmons and Joanne Sumner
Part 6. Trends Analysis and Conservation Options
26. Occupancy models, Darryl MacKenzie
27. Estimating abundance, Chris Sutherland and J. Andrew Royle
28. Disease, parasites, and biosecurity protocols, Elliott R. Jacobson
29. Conservation management of reptiles, David A. Pike
30. Education and outreach, Brian Gratwicke, Matthew Neff, Lindsay Renick Mayer, Sharon Ryan, and Jennifer Sevin
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