TY - BOOK ID - 77887936 TI - Reptile biodiversity : standard methods for inventory and monitoring PY - 2012 SN - 1280116609 9786613520890 0520952073 9780520952072 9781280116605 0520266714 9780520266711 PB - Berkeley : University of California Press, DB - UniCat KW - Reptile populations KW - Reptiles KW - Animal diversity conservation. KW - Animal diversity KW - Conservation of animal diversity KW - Biodiversity conservation KW - Herpetofauna KW - Herpetozoa KW - Herps KW - Herptiles KW - Reptilia KW - Sauria KW - Amniotes KW - Vertebrates KW - Herpetology KW - Vertebrate populations KW - Research KW - Methodology. KW - Conservation. KW - Conservation KW - analyzing animals. KW - books for animal lovers. KW - books for science class. KW - cold blooded animals. KW - different types of reptiles. KW - distractions for kids. KW - easy to read. KW - equipment needed to analyze reptiles. KW - great for reluctant readers. KW - guide to reptiles. KW - how to protect animals. KW - how to protect wildlife. KW - how to research reptiles. KW - learning about wildlife. KW - man v nature. KW - reptile biodiversity. KW - reptiles vs mammals. KW - reptiles. KW - science equipment. KW - sustaining reptile population. KW - vacation books. KW - what are reptiles. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77887936 AB - 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 ER -