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THE AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF NEW YORK STATE
IDENTIFICATION, NATURAL HISTORY, AND CONSERVATION |
| By: |
James P. Gibbs, Alvin R. Breisch, Peter K. Ducey |
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Paperback |
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£57.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0195304446 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780195304442 |
| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS INC |
| Pub. date: |
1 March, 2007 |
| Pages: |
504 |
| Description: |
Presenting the results of the "New York State Amphibian and Reptile Atlas", this book features three primary themes: identification, natural history, and conservation. It focuses on the biology of amphibians and reptiles, and the rich folklore of New York State as it pertains to amphibians and reptiles, particularly rattlesnakes. |
| Synopsis: |
This book has three primary themes: identification, natural history, and conservation. This is the first guide yet produced to the amphibians and reptiles of New York State, a large and heavily populated state that hosts a surprisingly diverse and interesting community of amphibians and reptiles. The book presents the results of the New York State Amphibian and Reptile Atlas for the first time (a compilation of ~60,000 distributional records collected 1990-1999); thus, the volume is a repository for detailed distributional data on the 69 species native to the state. The book presents in-depth species accounts based on the six authors' decades of collective experience as teachers, researchers and conservationists. Supporting chapters focus on the biology of amphibians and reptiles, New York's environment, finding and studying these creatures, and the rich folklore of New York State as it pertains to amphibians and reptiles, particularly rattlesnakes. A heavy emphasis on conservation biology of amphibians and reptiles sets the book apart from any comparable volume yet produced in the United States.To this end, chapters on threats, legal protections, habitat conservation guidelines, and conservation case studies are presented. An expanded color insert presents striking photographs contributed by over 30 photographers. The book is intended for use by natural history buffs generally interested in the vertebrate animals of New York and adjoining regions (Pennsylvania, Connecticut, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Vermont, Quebec and Ontario), students in the many herpetology, vertebrate biology, and natural history courses offered at colleges and field stations in the northeast, public and college libraries, and natural resource professionals interested in learning more about approaches to conserving reptiles and amphibians. |
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62 pps of color, 71 hlaftones, 67 maps, 5 tables |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Oxford University Press Inc |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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