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Measuring and monitoring biological diversity. Standard methods for amphibians /

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Heyer, W. Ronald
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [1994]
Series:Biological diversity handbook series.
Subjects:
Amphibians.
Environmental Monitoring.
Species Specificity.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Amphibian diversity and natural history: an overview
  • Essentials of standardization and quantification
  • Research design for quantitative amphibian studies
  • Keys to a successful project: associated data and planning
  • Standard techniques for inventory and monitoring
  • Supplemental approaches to studying amphibian biodiversity
  • Estimating population size
  • Analysis of amphibian biodiversity data
  • Conclusion and recommendations
  • Handling live amphibians
  • Techniques for marking amphibians
  • Recording frog calls
  • Preparing amphibians as scientific specimens
  • Collecting tissue for biochemical analysis
  • Vendors
  • Table of random numbers.