Conservation and Biology

   November 2008

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Volume 3, Issue 2

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Mating strategy and breeding patterns of the Foothill Yellow-legged Frog (Rana boylii).
Clara A. Wheeler and Hartwell H. Welsh, Jr.
 

 
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Reproduction of Pacific Pond Turtles (Actinemys marmorata) in coastal streams of central California.
Norman J. Scott, Galen B. Rathbun, Thomas G. Murphey, and Margaret B. Harker..
 

 
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Common Chuckwalla (Sauromalus ater) Populations in the Phoenix metropolitan area: Stability in urban preserves.
Brian K. Sullivan and Keith O. Sullivan.
 
 


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Movement Patterns of California Red-legged Frogs (Rana draytonii) in an inland California environment.
Patricia J. Tatarian.
 


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Maturational changes in male Slider Turtles (Trachemys scripta) from Illinois.
Anne M. Readel, Jonathan K. Warner, Rebecca L. Holberton, and Christopher A. Phillips.
 


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Anaerobic bacteria isolated from the gastrointestinal tracts of Bullfrog tadpoles (Rana catesbeiana).
Gregory S. Pryor.
 


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Pathogenicity of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in two threatened California amphibians: Rana draytonii and Ambystoma californiense.
Gretchen E. Padgett-Flohr.
 

 
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  Characteristics of Japanese Giant Salamander (Andrias japonicus) populations in two small tributary streams in Hiroshima prefecture, Western Honshu, Japan.
Sumio Okada, Taeko Utsunomiya, Tamami Okada, Zachary I. Felix, and Fumihiko Ito.




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  Observations on egg-laying behavior and interactions among attending female Red Salamanders (Pseudotriton ruber) with comments on the use of caves by this species.
Brian T. Miller, Matthew L. Niemiller, and R. Graham Reynolds.




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Interaction of an introduced predator with future effects of climate change in the recruitment dynamics of the imperiled Sierra Nevada Yellow-legged Frog (Rana sierrae).
 Igor Lacan, Kathleen Matthews, and Krishna Feldman.
 


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  The impacts of Hurricane Katrina on a population of Yellow-blotched Sawbacks (Graptemys flavimaculata) in the lower Pascagoula River.
Will Selman and Carl Qualls.
 

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Geographic pattern analysis of pesticide exposure in salamander populations in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Michael J. Freake and Erik D. Lindquist.
 


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  Behavioral responses by tadpoles of six Australian species to chemical cues from other tadpoles.
Mattias Hagman.

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  The Mediterranean Gecko as a sentinel to evaluate heavy metal exposure.
Clint Kinney, Terry Sylvester, Andrea DeStories, Kyra Savoy, Anita Morris, Gerald Ramelow, Mark Merchant, and Mark Paulissen.

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  The diving behavior of inter-nesting Hawksbill Turtles, Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus 1766), on Milman Island Reef, Queensland, Australia.
Ian Philip Bell and C. John Parmenter.

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  A preliminary survey of the amphibian fauna in Nilgala Forest Area and its vicinity, Monaragala District, Sri Lanka.
D.M.S. Suranjan Karunarathna, U.T. Indika Abeywardena, M. D. Chandana Asela, and L.D.C. Bhathiya Kekulandala.

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  Growth rates of Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta caretta) from the western North Atlantic.
Joanne Braun-McNeill, Sheryan P. Epperly, Larisa Avens, Melissa L. Snover, and J. Christopher Taylor.

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  Breeding frequency of Western Toads (Bufo boreas) in northeastern Oregon.
Evelyn L. Bull and Cynthia Carey


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Techniques A preliminary investigation into Hayne estimates of Poison Dart Frog (Anura: Dendrobatidae) densities in recovering tropical forest habitats, southwestern Costa Rica.  
Jennifer R.B. Miller and Donald A. McFarlane.
 
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