1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910463179303321

Autore

Legler John M

Titolo

The turtles of Mexico [[electronic resource] ] : land and freshwater forms / / John M. Legler and Richard C. Vogt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2013

ISBN

0-520-95689-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (415 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

VogtRichard Carl

Disciplina

597.920972

Soggetti

Turtles - Mexico

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction -- Materials and Methods Used for This Book -- Structure and Function -- Natural History -- Turtles, Humans, and Research -- Field and Laboratory Techniques -- Modern Taxonomic Studies and Techniques -- A Key to the Families and Genera of Mexican Chelonians (Excluding the Sea Turtles) -- Family Dermatemydidae -- Family Kinosternidae -- Family Trionychidae -- Family Testudinidae -- Family Testudinidae -- Family Geoemydidae -- Family Chelydridae -- LITERATURE CITED -- INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

The Turtles of Mexico is the first comprehensive guide to the biology, ecology, evolution, and distribution of more than fifty freshwater and terrestrial turtle taxa found in Mexico. Legler and Vogt draw on more than fifty years of fieldwork to elucidate the natural history of these species. The volume includes an extensive introduction to turtle anatomy, taxonomy, phylogeny, biogeography, and physiology. A key to the turtles of Mexico is included along with individual species accounts featuring geographic distribution maps and detailed color illustrations. Specific topics discussed for each species include habitat, diet, feeding behavior, reproduction, predators, parasites, growth and ontogeny, sexual dimorphism, growth rings, economic use, conservation, legal protection, and taxonomic studies. This book is a complete reference for scientists, conservationists, and professional and amateur enthusiasts who wish to study Mexican turtles.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910798242503321

Autore

Yom-Tov Elad

Titolo

Crowdsourced health : how what you do on the Internet will improve medicine / / Elad Yom-Tov

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

0-262-33481-X

0-262-33480-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (155 p.)

Disciplina

610.285

Soggetti

Internet in medicine

Internet research

Social media

Online social networks

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Our data, ourselves -- Answering the unaskable -- Anorexia : a disease online -- Questions of public health -- What patients want to know about their disease, and how information from the internet can help them.

Sommario/riassunto

Most of us have gone online to search for information about health. What are the symptoms of a migraine? How effective is this drug? Where can I find more resources for cancer patients? Could I have an STD? Am I fat? A Pew survey reports more than 80 percent of American internet users have logged on to ask questions like these. But what if the digital traces left by our searches could show doctors and medical researchers something new and interesting? What if the data generated by our searches could reveal information about health that would be difficult to gather in other ways? In this book, Elad Yom-Tov argues that internet data could change the way medical research is done, supplementing traditional tools to provide insights not otherwise available.