[USED] Reptile biodiversity: standard methods for inventory and monitoring

Reptile Biodiversity: Standard Methods for Inventory and Monitoring

Edited by Roy W. McDiarmid / Mercedes S. Foster / Craig Guyer / J. Whitfield Gibbons / Neil Chernoff

2012 University of California Press Out of print

Contents Reptile populations vary everywhere, from tiny burrowing lizards to rainforest canopies to giant crocodiles. Yet governments and conservation organizations are often forced to make important decisions about reptile conservation and management based on insufficient or incomplete data. With contributions from nearly 70 experts, this book provides a comprehensive guide to the best ways to conduct standard quantitative and qualitative surveys of reptiles. The contributors discuss each method, provide detailed protocols for its implementation, and suggest ways to analyze the data, making this book an essential resource for monitoring and inventorying reptile populations, population status, and biodiversity. Specifications