Snakes
Subtitle: ecology and conservation
By: edited by Stephen J. Mullin and Richard A. Seigel.
Contributors: Mullin, Stephen J., 1967-; Seigel, Richard A.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780801445651
Subjects: Snakes -- Ecology; Snakes -- Conservation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : opening doors for snake conservation / Stephen J. Mullin and Richard A. Seigel; title: Innovative methods for studies of snake ecology and conservation / Michael E. Dorcas and John D. Willson; title: Molecular phylogeography of snakes / Frank T. Burbrink and Todd A. Castoe; title: Population and conservation genetics / Richard B. King; title: Modeling snake distribution and habitat / Christopher L. Jenkins, Charles R. Peterson, and Bruce A. Kingsbury; title: Linking behavioral ecology to conservation objectives / Patrick J. Weatherhead and Thomas Madsen; title: Reproductive biology, population viability, and options for field management / Richard Shine and Xavier Bonnet; title: Conservation strategies : captive rearing, translocation and repatriation / Bruce A. Kingsbury and Omar Attum; title: Habitat manipulation as a viable conservation strategy / Kevin T. Shoemaker, Glenn Johnson, and Kent A. Prior; title: Snakes as indicators and monitors of ecosystem properties / Steven J. Beaupre and Lara E. Douglas; title: Combating ophiophobia : origins, treatment, education, and conservation tools / Gordon M. Burghardt, James B. Murphy, David Chiszar and Michael Hutchins; title: Snake conservation, present and future / Richard A. Seigel and Stephen J. Mullin.