Measuring and monitoring biological diversity Standard methods for amphibians

Measuring and monitoring biological diversity Standard methods for amphibians edited by W. Ronald Heyer ... [et al.] - Washington Smithsonian Institution Press c1994 - xix, 364 p. ill. 26 cm

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 recommendati ons -- 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

1560982845 (pbk.) 1560982705 (cloth)

92044743

GB94-42531


Amphibians--Speciation--Research
Anfíbios
Biological diversity--Measurement
AMPHIBIA

QL645.4 / .M43 1994

597.6

QL645.4.M43 / 1994