Amphibian declines [[electronic resource] ] : a United States' response to the global phenomenon / / edited by Michael J. Lannoo |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1117 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.95/78 |
Altri autori (Persone) | LannooMichael J |
Soggetto topico |
Amphibian declines
Amphibian declines - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
adenocarcinoma
agriculture amphibians animal populations biodiversity biology climate change conservation deforestation disease ecology environment environmentalism frogs genetics global warming habitat lakes malformation malformed frogs minnesota natural sciences nature nonfiction northern cricket frogs overwintering parasites pesticides pollution population declines radiation risk factors rivers salamander science ultraviolet wetlands wild animals woodland salamanders xenobiotics zoology |
ISBN |
1-282-75915-9
9786612759154 0-520-92943-8 1-4175-9332-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Amphibian Declines -- Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Advisory Board -- Contributors -- Preface -- Part One. Conservation Essays -- Introduction -- 1. Diverse Phenomena Influencing Amphibian Population Declines -- 2. Why Are Some Species In Decline But Others Not? -- 3. Philosophy, Value Judgments, And Declining Amphibians -- 4. Embracing Human Diversity In Conservation -- 5. Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force -- Declines -- 6. Meeting The Challenge Of Amphibian Declines With An Interdisciplinary Research Program -- 7. Biology Of Amphibian Declines -- 8. Declines Of Eastern North American Woodland Salamanders (Plethodon) -- 9. Decline Of Northern Cricket Frogs (Acris Crepitans) -- 10. Overwintering In Northern Cricket Frogs (Acris Crepitans) -- Causes -- 11. Repercussions Of Global Change -- 12. Lessons From Europe -- 13. Risk Factors And Declines In Northern Cricket Frogs (Acris Crepitans) -- 14. Ultraviolet Radiation -- 15. Xenobiotics -- 16. Variation In Pesticide Tolerance -- 17. Lucké Renal Adenocarcinoma -- 18. Malformed Frogs In Minnesota: History And Interspecific Differences -- 19. Parasites Of North American Frogs -- 20. Parasite Infection And Limb Malformations: A Growing Problem In Amphibian Conservation -- 21. Pine Silviculture -- 22. Commercial Trade -- Conservation -- 23. Houston Toads And Texas Politics -- 24. Amphibian Conservation Needs -- 25. Amphibian Population Cycles And Long-Term Data Sets -- 26. Landscape Ecology -- 27. Conservation Of Texas Spring And Cave Salamanders (Eurycea) -- 28. Lessons From The Tropics -- 29. Taxonomy And Amphibian Declines -- 30. Conservation Systematics: The Bufo Boreas Species Group -- 31. Factors Limiting The Recovery Of Boreal Toads (Bufo B. Boreas) -- 32. Southwestern Desert Bufonids -- 33. Amphibian Ecotoxicology -- 34. Museum Collections -- 35. Critical Areas -- 36. Creating Habitat Reserves For Migratory Salamanders -- 37. Population Manipulations -- 38. Exotic Species -- 39. Protecting Amphibians While Restoring Fish Populations -- 40. Reflections Upon Amphibian Conservation -- Surveys And Monitoring -- 41. Distribution Of South Dakota Anurans -- 42. Nebraska's Declining Amphibians -- 43. Museum Collections Can Assess Population Trends -- 44. Monitoring Salamander Populations In Great Smoky Mountains National Park -- 45. North American Amphibian Monitoring Program (Naamp) -- 46. Evaluating Calling Surveys -- 47. Geographical Information Systems And Survey Designs -- 48. Impacts Of Forest Management On Amphibians -- 49. Monitoring Pigment Pattern Morphs Of Northern Leopard Frogs -- Education -- 50. The National Amphibian Conservation Center -- 51. A Thousand Friends Of Frogs: Its Origins -- A Perspective -- 52. Of Men And Deformed Frogs: A Journalist's Lament -- Part Two. Species Accounts -- Introduction -- Anura -- Ascaphidae -- Family Bufonidae -- Family Dendrobatidae -- Family Hylidae -- Family Leptodactylidae -- Family Microhylidae -- Family Pelobatidae -- Family Pipidae -- Family Ranidae -- Family Rhinophrynidae -- Caudata -- Family Ambystomatidae -- Family Amphiumidae -- Family Cryptobranchidae -- Family Dicamptodontidae -- Family Plethodontidae -- Family Proteidae -- Family Rhyacotritonidae -- Family Salamandridae -- Family Sirenidae -- Epilogue: Factors Implicated In Amphibian Population Declines In The United States -- Conclusion -- Literature Cited -- Index |
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Brief history of herpetology in the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, with a list of type specimens of recent amphibians and reptiles [[electronic resource] /] / Javier A. Rodríguez-Robles, David A. Good, and David B. Wake |
Autore | Rodríguez-Robles Javier A |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (137 p.) |
Disciplina | 597.9/074/79467 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
GoodDavid A. <1956->
WakeDavid B |
Collana | University of California publications in zoology |
Soggetto topico |
Reptiles - Type specimens - California - Berkeley
Amphibians - Type specimens - California - Berkeley Herpetology - California - Berkeley - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
amphibians
amphisbaenians animals species biology caecilians california collection crocodilians environment frogs genus herpetological collection herpetological research herpetology life sciences lizards museum vertebrate zoology museum mvz non avian reptiles nonfiction reference reptiles salamanders science scientific classification snakes species taxonomy tuataras turtles vertebrates western united states wild animals wildlife zoology |
ISBN |
1-282-35712-3
9786612357121 0-520-93000-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Dedication -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Abstract -- Brief history of herpetology in the museum of vertebrate zoology -- Type specimens of recent amphibians and nonavian reptiles in the museum of vertebrate zoology -- Geographic distribution of type localities of recent amphibians and nonavian reptiles in the museum of vertebrate zoology -- Appendix - herpetologists in the museum of vertebrate zoology -- Literature cited |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777948503321 |
Rodríguez-Robles Javier A
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Malformed Frogs : The Collapse of Aquatic Ecosystems / / Michael Lannoo |
Autore | Lannoo Michael |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2008] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (294 p.) |
Disciplina | 571.9/51789 |
Soggetto topico |
Frogs - Research
Frogs - Abnormalities |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
Soggetto non controllato |
aquatic ecosystems
chemical runoff collapsed ecosystems deformed animals deformity ecology environmental conservation protection environmental problems evolution extra digits extra limbs frogs healthy ecosystems human populations life sciences malformed frogs misaligned legs missing digits missing limbs natural phenomenon nonfiction nutrients parasitology pesticide runoff practical solutions radiographic images scientists wetland ecology |
ISBN |
1-281-75271-1
1-4356-8481-8 9786611752712 0-520-94253-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. What is an Amphibian Malformation? -- 2. Malformed Frog Types -- 3. Hotspots -- 4. Causes -- 5. Resolutions -- 6. Human Malformations and Causes -- 7. Solutions -- Species Affected -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782563603321 |
Lannoo Michael
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Reptiles and amphibians of the Pacific Islands [[electronic resource] ] : a comprehensive guide / / George R. Zug |
Autore | Zug George R. <1938-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (388 p.) |
Disciplina | 597.909 |
Soggetto topico |
Reptiles - Islands of the Pacific
Amphibians - Islands of the Pacific |
Soggetto non controllato |
amphibian species
amphibians animal biology beginners guide color illustrations comparative guide diverse species evolution field guide flora and fauna frogs habitats life sciences lizards natural history natural world naturalists nonfiction oceanic islands oceanside pacific basin pacific islands reptile species reptiles scientists snakes species identification systematic overview turtles zoologists zoology |
ISBN | 0-520-95540-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Island and Island Group Herpetofaunas -- Recognizing Species -- Acknowledgments -- Checklist of Pacific Island Amphibians and Reptiles -- Appendix: Sources for Illustrations -- Index of Common English Names -- Index of Scientific Names |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786721703321 |
Zug George R. <1938->
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Systematics and Conservation of Neotropical Amphibians and Reptiles |
Autore | Catenazzi Alessandro |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 electronic resource (552 p.) |
Soggetto topico | Technology: general issues |
Soggetto non controllato |
UCE
phylogenetics amphibians Dendrobatidae Aromobatidae frogs systematics amphibian chytridiomycosis conservation disease enzootics epizootics population declines Dactyloidae ecomorphology Iguania Isla Cocos Isla Gorgona Isla Malpelo island biogeography lizards neotropics overwater dispersal miniaturization taxonomy geographical range habitat breadth local abundance threatened species extinction risk Viperidae deforestation timber harvest fire invasion of exotic plants public policy protected areas critically endangered data deficient amphisbaenians snakes South America Andes Pacific coast Perú species description threats species richness diversity gradient community structure reptiles Amazon rainforest lizard snake ecological niche modeling potential species distribution extant species distribution conservation areas Cusco high elevation Neotropical Qosqophryne tropical mountain systematic anura biogeography centrolenidae Bufonidae cryptic species forensic taxonomy Great American Biotic Interchange historical biogeography Isthmus of Panama Middle America molecular phylogenetics phylogeography Cercosaurinae Cercosaura manicata boliviana diversity Machupicchu Oxapampa Pholidobolus anomalus Peru |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910557346403321 |
Catenazzi Alessandro
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