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The Maryland Amphibian and Reptile Atlas edited by Heather R. Cunningham and Nathan H. Nazdrowicz.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Reptiles--Maryland--Atlases.
- Reptiles.
- Amphibians--Maryland--Atlases.
- Amphibians.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (306 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2019
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- It will appeal to both amateurs and professionals interested in herpetology, natural history, or ecology, as well as those with a special interest in Maryland's biodiversity.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Acronyms and Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Overview of Amphibians and Reptiles in Maryland
- The Maryland Amphibian and Reptile Atlas Project
- Citizen Science and Herpetological Research
- Goals of the Atlas
- Organization of the Atlas
- History of Herpetofaunal Distributions in Maryland
- Discovery
- Collections and Descriptions
- Organizing for Discovery and the Early Amphibian and Reptile Collections
- Limitations and Challenges of Assessing Historical Ranges: Where Were the Rattlesnakes?
- Early Geographic Lists
- More Efforts to Organize
- Efforts to Update the Distributional Survey
- Challenges and Practices for Gathering Distributional Data
- Additional Institutional Efforts That Document Amphibian and Reptile Distributions
- Rare Species Surveys
- Increasing Access to Herpetofaunal Information
- Maryland's Environment
- Physiographic Provinces
- Habitat Types
- Climate
- Land Use
- Conservation of Maryland's Herpetofauna
- Legislation, Regulation, and Monitoring Programs
- Protected Lands
- Designing and Implementing the Atlas Project
- Coordination
- Survey Methodology
- The Volunteer Network
- Data Collection
- Data Management
- Results of the Atlas Project
- Overall Results
- County-Level Results
- Volunteer Results
- Data Verification
- Taxonomic Results
- Species Accounts
- Amphibians
- Reptiles
- Appendixes
- A. Quadrangle and Block Total Species Summary
- B. Quadrangle and Block E.ort- Hours Summary
- C. County Summary
- D. Species Summary
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-4214-2596-3
- OCLC:
- 1066247973
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