- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Preface
- List of Contributors
-
1 Reptile diversity and life history -
2 Planning and setting objectives in field studies -
3 Data collection and storage -
4 Marking and measuring reptiles -
5 Digital identification and analysis -
6 Preserving reptiles for research -
7 Reproduction -
8 Diet -
9 Movement patterns and telemetry -
10 Surface-dwelling reptiles -
11 Arboreal and fossorial reptiles -
12 Sea snakes -
13 Freshwater turtles -
14 Terrestrial turtles and tortoises -
15 Sea turtles -
16 Crocodilians -
17 Plot and transect censuses -
18 Rapid assessments of reptile diversity -
19 Measuring microhabitats used by non-avian reptiles -
20 Water quality and toxicology -
21 Richness, diversity, and similarity -
22 Landscape ecology, biogeography, and GIS methods -
23 Experimental applications -
24 Body temperatures and the thermal environment -
25 Genetics in field ecology and conservation -
26 Occupancy models -
27 Estimating abundance -
28 Collecting biological samples for disease monitoring -
29 Conservation management -
30 Education and outreach - Index
Reproduction
Reproduction
- Chapter:
- (p.87) 7 Reproduction
- Source:
- Reptile Ecology and Conservation
- Author(s):
Gunther Köhler
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This chapter argues that knowledge of reproductive biology is crucial to understanding the ecology and natural history of a species. However, the reproductive biology of many reptile species is poorly known, particularly for tropical and subtropical species. In this vein, the chapter aims to encourage further studies on natural history, internal anatomy, external morphology, and on the evolutionary biology of reproduction. Several research methods are discussed in this chapter; to wit: dissection, endoscopy, external examination and palpation, imaging (via radiology, ultrasound, and computerized tomography), the study of blood chemistry via the hormones present in blood samples, and hormonal induction via an intramusculary injection.
Keywords: reproduction, morphology, dissection, endoscopy, imaging, blood chemistry
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Preface
- List of Contributors
-
1 Reptile diversity and life history -
2 Planning and setting objectives in field studies -
3 Data collection and storage -
4 Marking and measuring reptiles -
5 Digital identification and analysis -
6 Preserving reptiles for research -
7 Reproduction -
8 Diet -
9 Movement patterns and telemetry -
10 Surface-dwelling reptiles -
11 Arboreal and fossorial reptiles -
12 Sea snakes -
13 Freshwater turtles -
14 Terrestrial turtles and tortoises -
15 Sea turtles -
16 Crocodilians -
17 Plot and transect censuses -
18 Rapid assessments of reptile diversity -
19 Measuring microhabitats used by non-avian reptiles -
20 Water quality and toxicology -
21 Richness, diversity, and similarity -
22 Landscape ecology, biogeography, and GIS methods -
23 Experimental applications -
24 Body temperatures and the thermal environment -
25 Genetics in field ecology and conservation -
26 Occupancy models -
27 Estimating abundance -
28 Collecting biological samples for disease monitoring -
29 Conservation management -
30 Education and outreach - Index
