Complex riparian habitats predict reptile and amphibian diversity

Riparian wildlife and habitats

~ Riparian lands are among the most productive ecosystems on earth. They occupy only a small proportion of the landscape but frequently support a greater variety and abundance of animal life than adjacent habitats. ~ Important habitat components include vegetation (often taller, denser, more diverse, and more complex in riparian lands), food, standing water, shelter from predators, sites for ne...

Pre-drilling Surveys of Amphibian and Reptile Habitats in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming

Reptile and Amphibian Urinary Tract Medicine: Diagnosis and Therapy

The urinary tract includes kidneys, ureters, cloaca, and bladder in reptiles and amphibians. Problem-oriented medicine includes identifying clinical problems, defining diagnoses for each problem, implementing a plan to address each diagnosis, and reformulating the plan as indicated in follow-up evaluations. This paper is intended to serve as an instructional aide for those who are preparing for...

Patterns of Breeding Songbird Diversity and Occurrence in Riparian Habitats of the Eastern Sierra Nevada

We determined several vegetation and environmental features that predicted breeding bird species diversity and focal species occurrence in riparian habitats across three watersheds of the eastern Sierra Nevada bioregion, California. Conducting point counts and associated vegetation assessments at 480 individual riparian points between 1998 and 2000 permitted us to investigate bird and habitat r...

Reptile- and Amphibian-associated Salmonellosis in Childcare Centers, United States

during the clinical stage of the disease, and in 1 case, at the preclinical or asymptomatic stage. Our fi ndings suggest that PrPSc is likely to be detected in the saliva of BSE-affected cattle during the clinical stage of disease, after accumulation of PrPSc in the brain. PrPSc was found in the salivary glands of BSE-affected cattle at the terminal stage of infection (1). Therefore, once the i...