[PDF] Final Report For The Fourth Symposium On The Ecology Status And Conservation Of The Diamondback Terrrapin eBook

Author : Willem M. Roosenburg
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 34,73 MB
Release : 2019-01-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 1421426269

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Walsh, Thane Wibbels, Will Williams, Roger C. Wood

Author : Christopher W. Swarth
Publisher :
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 14,26 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Nature
ISBN :

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This volume summarizes the scientific papers from a symposium on turtles of the Mid-Atlantic Region of the United States. Several peer-reviewed contributions make up the chapters of this edited volume. A great resource for conservation biologists in the region and turtle biologists world-wide.

Author : Susan C. M. Gardner
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 33,41 MB
Release : 2016-04-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 1420038362

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Toxicology of Reptiles cohesively summarizes much of the cutting-edge research taking place in fields such as reptilian endocrinology, neurophysiology, immunology, and ecology. It also addresses conservation needs along with the complications often associated with population studies. The text is easy to synthesize and apply in the evaluation

Author : Dr. Roy W. McDiarmid
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 26,81 MB
Release : 2012-01-10
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0520952073

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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

Author : Tandy Lauralin Dolin Petrov
Publisher :
Page : 57 pages
File Size : 26,7 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Diamondback terrapin
ISBN :

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The diamondback terrapin has been considered a keystone species along its range in the coastal, brackish estuaries bordering the Atlantic Coast and Gulf of Mexico. Historically, diamondback terrapin populations have been numerous; however, in Alabama; the population has dramatically declined over the past century due to a variety of threats. The threats in Alabama include predation by raccoons, incidental drowning in crab traps, as well as road mitigated mortality. Because of these threats, collaboration efforts between UAB, USA, DISL, and the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, a head-start program has been initiated to mitigate the predation of hatchlings. As such, the diamondback terrapin head-start program provides a unique situation to evaluate the biology, ecology, and conservation of hatchling and post-hatchling diamondback terrapin. Studies involving the head-start program include evaluating maternal investment in eggs and offspring, growth patterns of offspring, evaluation of carapace shape as an accurate sexing method for immature terrapin, fitness assays, and feeding assays. By understanding the diamondback terrapin in the lab, we can better benefit their survival in the wild. This thesis includes a series of studies related to the biology and conservation of the diamondback terrapin. Chapter 1 investigates maternal investment in offspring and the impact of incubation temperature on offspring relative to egg size, hatchling size, and growth. Chapter 2 evaluates a potential sexing technique for hatchling and immature terrapin based on carapace morphology, and Chapter 3 examines two aspects of fitness of head-start terrapin (righting response and ability to adapt to a live food source).

Author : Ralph Edward Mirarchi
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 25,61 MB
Release : 2017-06-06
Category : History
ISBN : 0817319611

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Volume 5 offers an all-inclusive and complete update of the four previously published volumes.--