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Offering a state-of-the-art overview of plethodontid salamanders, this text provides an understanding of many aspects of the evolution, systematics, development, morphology, life history, ecology, and field methodology of these animals. The book is divided into three sections. The first one features papers presented in honour of Richard Highton, a specialist in molecular systematics and speciation in plethodontids. This section, therefore, deals with amphibian systematics. The second section presents topics in evolutionary and comparative biology of plethodontids, and thus reflects the diversity of research on plethodontid salamanders. Finally, the third section presents topics in behavioural ecology of small Plethodon (mainly P. cinereus), illustrating the usefulness of the smaller species of Plethodon as model organisms for investigation of a wide range of questions in behavioural ecology.

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Author:   Richard C. Bruce ,  Robert G. Jaeger ,  Lynne D. Houck
Publisher:   Springer Science+Business Media
Imprint:   Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
Edition:   2000 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   2.600kg
ISBN:  

9780306463044

ISBN 10:   0306463040
Pages:   485
Publication Date:   30 April 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

I: Symposium in Honor of Professor Richard Highton.- 1. Points of View on Defining and Naming Species of Plethodontid Salamanders: A Symposium in Honor of Professor Richard Highton.- 2. Species, Descriptive Efficiency, and Progress in Systematics.- 3. Geographic Protein Variation and Speciation in Salamanders of the Plethodon jordani and Plethodon glutinosus Complexes in the Southern Appalachian Mountains with the Description of Four New Species.- 4. Detecting Species Borders Using Diverse Data Sets: Examples from Plethodontid Salamanders in California.- 5. The Systematics of Desmognathus imitator.- 6. Species Boundaries and Species Diversity in the Central Texas Hemidactyliine Plethodontid Salamanders, Genus Eurycea.- 7. Systematics at the Turn of a Century.- II: Evolutionary and Comparative Biology of Plethodontids.- 8. Ethological Isolation and Variation in Allozymes and Dorsolateral Pattern between Parapatric Forms in the Desmognathus ochrophaeus Complex.- 9. Phylogenetic Relationships within the Lowland Tropical Salamanders of the Bolitoglossa mexicana Complex (Amphibia: Plethodontidae).- 10. Detecting Cryptic Species Using Allozyme Data.- 11. Sexual Size Dimorphism in the Plethodontidae.- 12. Skull Development in Two Plethodontid Salamanders (Genus Desmognathus) with Different Life Histories.- 13. Egg Recognition Cues and Maternal Behavior in Desmognathus ocoee.- 14. Southeastern U.S. Coastal Plain Habitats of the Plethodontidae: The Importance of Relief, Ravines, and Seepage.- 15. Life History Evolution and Adaptive Radiation of Hemidactyliine Salamanders.- 16. Population Cytogenetics of the Plethodontid Salamander Eurycea wilderae.- 17. Sperm Storage in Female Plethodontids with Especial Reference to the Desmognathinae.- 18. The Courtship of Plethodontid Salamanders: Form, Function, and Phylogeny.- III: Behavioral Ecology of Small Plethodon.- 19. Divergence of Trophic Morphology and Resource Use among Populations of Plethodon cinereus and P hoffmani in Pennsylvania: A Possible Case of Character Displacement.- 20. Environmental Variation and Territorial Behavior in a Terrestrial Salamander.- 21. Contributions to the Life History of the Redback Salamander, Plethodon cinereus: Preliminary Evidence for Kin Recognition.- 22. Alternative Life Styles in a Terrestrial Salamander: Do Females Preferentially Associate with Each Other?.- 23. Pheromonal Attractions to Particular Males by Female Redback Salamanders (Plethodon cinereus).- 24. A Model of Alternative Mating Strategies in the Redback Salamander, Plethodon cinereus.- 25. Cutaneous Microbial Flora and Antibiosis in Plethodon ventralis: Inferences for Parental Care in the Plethodontidae.- 26. Monitoring Plethodon cinereus Populations: Field Tests of Experimental Coverboard Designs.

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It is strong in data presentation and is a great resource to a wealth of references to past work in this area. An essential library book as well as reference book for researchers.' Southern Naturalist, 1: 1 (2202)

`It is strong in data presentation and is a great resource to a wealth of references to past work in this area. An essential library book as well as reference book for researchers.' Southern Naturalist, 1:1 (2202)

'It is strong in data presentation and is a great resource to a wealth of references to past work in this area. An essential library book as well as reference book for researchers.' Southern Naturalist, 1:1 (2202)

`It is strong in data presentation and is a great resource to a wealth of references to past work in this area. An essential library book as well as reference book for researchers.' Southern Naturalist, 1:1 (2202)

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