Measuring and Monitoring Biological Diversity
Standard Methods for Amphibians
Published on 17. February 1994
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-1-56098-284-5 (ISBN)
Description
Measuring and Monitoring Biological Diversity is the first book to provide comprehensive coverage of standard methods for biodiversity sampling of amphibians, with information on analyzing and using data that will interest biologists in general.
In this manual, nearly fifty herpetologists recommend ten standard sampling procedures for measuring and monitoring amphibian and many other populations. The contributors discuss each procedure, along with the circumstances for its appropriate use. In addition, they provide a detailed protocol for each procedure's implementation, a list of necessary equipment and personnel, and suggestions for analyzing the data.
The data obtained using these standard methods are comparable across sites and through time and, as a result, are extremely useful for making decisions about habitat protection, sustained use, and restoration—decisions that are particularly relevant for threatened amphibian populations.
In this manual, nearly fifty herpetologists recommend ten standard sampling procedures for measuring and monitoring amphibian and many other populations. The contributors discuss each procedure, along with the circumstances for its appropriate use. In addition, they provide a detailed protocol for each procedure's implementation, a list of necessary equipment and personnel, and suggestions for analyzing the data.
The data obtained using these standard methods are comparable across sites and through time and, as a result, are extremely useful for making decisions about habitat protection, sustained use, and restoration—decisions that are particularly relevant for threatened amphibian populations.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
25 ILLUSTRATIONS, 35 DRAWINGS 5 GRAPHS/CHARTS, 32 TABLES
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 176 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
789 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-56098-284-5 (9781560982845)
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Ronald Heyer | Maureen A. Donnelly | Mercedes Foster
Measuring and Monitoring Biological Diversity
Standard Methods for Amphibians
E-Book
12/2014
1st Edition
Smithsonian Books
€35.99
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Persons
W. Ronald Heyer is a research zoologist for the National Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian Institution. Maureen A. Donnelly is a research associate at the American Museum of Natural History. Roy W. McDiarmid is a research zoologist and curator of amphibians and reptiles for the US Fish and Wildlife Service at the National Museum of Natural History. Lee-Ann C. Hayek is the chief mathematical statistician at the National Museum of Natural History. Mercedes S. Foster is a research zoologist and curator of birds for the US Fish and Wildlife Service at the National Museum of Natural History.