Hard-to-get Resources and Links
Intro Page
Curriculum Vitaehttp://dl.dropbox.com/u/8411712/CRTCV0911awlineage.pdf
 

Some publications are hard to get, and I’ve put some on this page from which you can download copies.

WWW links

What is a herpetologist?http://www.anapsid.org/resources/univ.html
Amphibian Species of the Worldhttp://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/index.phphttp://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/index.phphttp://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/index.phphttp://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/index.phpshapeimage_6_link_0shapeimage_6_link_1shapeimage_6_link_2
Reptileshttp://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/reptiles/
http://vassarstats.nethttp://vassarstats.nethttp://vassarstats.netshapeimage_8_link_0

<---------Mary Roach’s interview with Terry Gross of NPR on Mary’s new book, “Gulp”

Mary Roach

Terry Gross

Applied Animal Ecology      

       San Diego Zoo

Nick Gotelli

Nick Gotelli and the greatest amateur mandolin player in the world: Dan Simberloff

New York Times review of “Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny” presented by the Manhattan School of Music - the excellence of which is due to the greatest opera coach in the world: Bill Tracy

William S. Tracy, head coach of the Opera Studio, Manhattan School of Music

Reptiles

Seahorses

Desert Tortoise Recovery

I’ve also listed many links to useful and informative websites. Simply click on the icons below.

Pigmy Mammoth maybe my favorite mammal

Tree of LifeTree_of_Life.html
Surfing at Topanga Beach in the early 1960shttp://www.drcrtracy.com/HerpMovies/Topanga_Beach_surfing.html

Galapagos Penguin, and my friend Dee Boersma

Frogs of Australiahttp://frogs.org.au/frogs/
Herpetofauna of Europehttp://www.hylawerkgroep.be/jeroen/index.php?id=47
Frogs of Ghanahttps://www.savethefrogs.com/countries/ghana/frogs.html
23rd IgNobel Prizeshttp://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/sep/13/ig-nobel-prize-dung-beetles-navigate-stars

Ugliest Endangered Species

Franky the tortoise-camhttp://www.louspetshop.com/franky-cam
Geniushttp://www.drcrtracy.com/HerpMovies/Genius_by_Jobs.html
Stay Hungryhttp://www.drcrtracy.com/HerpMovies/Stay_hungry.html
Inspirationhttp://www.drcrtracy.com/HerpMovies/Jobs_Inspiration.html
Tributehttp://www.drcrtracy.com/HerpMovies/Tribute.htmlhttp://www.drcrtracy.com/HerpMovies/Jobs_Inspiration.htmlshapeimage_23_link_0
Management stylehttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8411712/Steve%20Jobs%20talks%20about%20managing%20people.mp4
Photo of the DayPhoto_of_the_Day.html
Golden toadgolden_toad.html
Hyperloop Transport Systemhttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8411712/hyperloop-alpha.pdf
U.S. Demographyhttp://demographics.coopercenter.org/DotMap/index.html
Thesis writingThesis.html
Great Music from Laurie Vitt../Herpetology/Laurie_Vitt.html
Great Music by Dan Simberloff and Nick Gotellihttp://www.uvm.edu/~ngotelli/musicpage/Simberloff/Simberloff.html
back at Applehttp://www.drcrtracy.com/HerpMovies/Jobs_Back.html
Darwin’s BirthdayDarwins_B-day.html

Tracy, C.R., R. Averill-Murray, W. I. Boarman, D. Delehanty, J. Heaton, E. McCoy, D. Morafka, K. Nussear, B. Hagerty, P. Medica. 2004. Desert Tortoise Recovery Plan Assessment. Miscellaneous Publication of the Biological Resources Research Center.  276 pp.


B.E. Hagerty and C.R. Tracy. 2011. A history of Mojave Desert tortoise movement: a view through the window of population genetics. Mojave National Preserve Science Newsletter 2011(1): 1-7.


F.C. Sandmeier, C.R. Tracy, S. DuPré, H. Mohammadpour, and K. Hunter. 2011.  Upper respiratory tract disease (URTD), mycoplasmosis, and antibody responses in the Mojave Desert tortoise, Mojave National Preserve Science Newsletter 2011(1): 8-13


1994 Desert Tortoise Recovery Plan


2011 Desert Tortoise Recovery Plan








Gwynne, D. T., Kevin M. O'Neill, and W. L. Rubink. 1978. THE EVOLUTIONARY SIGNIFICANCE OF FUSIFORM FECES: A PREDATOR-PREY MODEL. The Worm Runner's:, Digest. 1978, Vol. 20, No. I


Gwynne, D. T. and D. C. F. Rentz. 2007. Beetles on the bottle: male buprestids mistake stubbies for females (COLEOPTERA). Australian Journal of Entomology 22, 79–80.


Tracy, C.R. and J. Sugar. 1990. The defecatory consequences of endothermy in dinosaurs. Journal of Irreproducible Results.




Tracy, C.R. 1976. A model of the dynamic exchanges of water and energy between a terrestrial amphibian and its environment. Ecological Monographs 46(3): 293-326.


Tracy, C.R. and P.F. Brussard. 1996. The importance of science in conservation biology. Conservation Biology 10: 918-919.


Tracy, C.R. 1972. Newton's Law: Its applicability for expressing heat losses from homeotherms. BioScience 22(1): 656-659.


Tracy, C.R. 1976. Tyrannosaurs: Evidence for endothermy? American Naturalist 110(976): 1105-1106.

Tongue-in-Cheek Publications

Other hard-to-get items

Jurassic Fart Movie


The Dragon Chronicles, Nature, PBS Video

Less hard-to-get items

Items that impart wisdom

Authorship Criteria


Wisdom on making graphs (and other articles from old Ecological Bulletin I.


Wisdom on making graphs (and other articles from old Ecological Bulletin II


Political “humor”

TED talks by Robert Full - these are simply great talks, which are educational and inspiring.


http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/robert_full_learning_from_the_gecko_s_tail.html


http://www.ted.com/talks/robert_full_on_animal_movement.html



The Complete Works of Charles Darwin Online

The TalkOrigins Archive:

News story on “Beetles on the Bottle”Pop_Beetle_Sex.html

Ig Nobel Awards

Longevity

News Items

References important in Biophysical Ecology


Tracy, C.R., W.R. Welch, B. Pinshow, and W.P. Porter. 2010. Properties of air: A manual for students in biophysical ecology. University of Wisconsin Laboratory of Biophysical Ecology, Technical Report #1 (4th Edition).





Tracy, C.R. 1982. Biophysical modelling in reptilian physiology and ecology. In: Biology of the Reptilia, C. Gans and F.H. Pough (Eds.), Academic Press, London, Volume 12, pp 275-321.


Hard-to-get Desert Tortoise Publications

Links to Biology Items

Advice for 30-year olds from Kareem

Larry Legend

January Weinerhttps://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8411712/Weiner.pdf

10 Scientific Ideas That Scientists Wish You Would Stop Misusing

Hard to find Resources

Forward to: California Amphibian and Reptile Species of Special Concern https://www.dropbox.com/s/g22p316qtb986wo/forward%20sensitive%20species.pdf?dl=0