Reptilian Incubation: Environment & Behaviour

 

Edited by Denis Charles Deeming

 

Nottingham University Press, due to be published in April 2004

 

This book is the first systematic review of all aspects of incubation cross all types of reptiles. The depth of the analysis in each chapter will mean that it quickly be a standard reference text. Contributors are world leaders in their respective fields and were chosen for their ability to present a comprehensive and broad overview of the topics in question. This scientific review is long overdue and will prove useful to researchers around the world as well as being a valuable reference source for conservationists and other reptile breeders.

 

 

1 – Reptilian Incubation: Principles and Evolution

 

 

Charles Deeming & David Unwin

Hatchery Consulting & Research, Lincoln, UK & Humbolt Museum of Natural History, Berlin

 

2 – Nest construction and environment

 

 

Ralph Ackerman

Iowa State University, Ames, USA

3 – Egg morphology and composition

 

 

Mike Thompson & Brian Speake

University of Sydney, Australia & Scottish Agriculture, Ayr, Scotland

 

4 – Embryonic development

 

 

Robin Andrews

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, USA

 

5 – Incubation behaviour

 

Rick Shine

University of Sydney, Australia

 

6 – Effects of Incubation Temperature

 

Geoff Birchard

George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA

 

7 – Energy and water budgets of reptile eggs and embryos

 

Amos Ar, Ralph Ackerman, Ann Belinsky & Razi D’miel

Tel Aviv University, Israel & Iowa State University, Ames, USA

 

8 – Environmental Sex Determination

 

Nicole Valenzuela
Iowa State University, Ames, USA

 

9 – Phenotypic effects of incubation environment

 

Charles Deeming

Hatchery Consulting & Research, Lincoln, UK

 

10 – Practical Artificial Incubation

 

 

David Booth

University of Queensland, Australia

11 – Conclusions

 

Charles Deeming

Hatchery Consulting & Research, Lincoln, UK