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PART 1. INTRODUCTION; 1. Amphibian diversity and life history; 2. Setting objectives in field studies; PART 2. LARVAE; 3. Morphology of amphibian larvae; 4. Larval sampling; 5. Dietary assessments of larval amphibians; 6. Aquatic mesocosms; 7. Amphibian water quality; PART 3. JUVENILES AND ADULTS; 8. Measuring and marking post-metamorphic amphibians; 9. Egg mass and nest counts; 10. Adult diets; 11. Movement patterns and radiotelemetry; 12. Field enclosures and terrestrial cages; PART 4. AMPHIBIAN POPULATIONS; 13. Drift fences, coverboards and other traps; 14. Area-based surveys; 15. Rapid assessments of amphibian diversity; 16. Auditory monitoring of anuran populations; 17. Measuring habitat; PART 5. AMPHIBIAN COMMUNITIES; 18. Diversity and similarity; 19. Landscape ecology and GIS methods; PART 6. PHYSIOLOGICAL ECOLOGY AND GENETICS; 20. Physiological ecology: methods and field perspective; 21. Models in field studies of temperature and moisture; 22. Genetics in field ecology and conservation; PART 7. MONITORING, STATUS AND TRENDS; 23. Selection of species and sampling areas - the importance of inference; 24. Capture-mark-recapture, removal sampling and occupancy models; 25. Quantifying abundance: counts, detection probabilities and estimates; 26. Disease monitoring and biosecurity; 27. Conservation and management; Index