Snakes : : Ecology and Conservation / / ed. by Stephen J. Mullin, Richard A. Seigel.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Attum, Omar,; Beaupre, Steven J.,; Bonnet, Xavier,; Burbrink, Frank T.,; Burghardt, Gordon M.,; Castoe, Todd A.,; Chiszar, David,; Dorcas, Michael E.,; Douglas, Lara E.,; Hutchins, Michael,; Jenkins, Christopher L.,; Johnson, Glenn,; King, Richard B.,; Kingsbury, Bruce A.,; Madsen, Thomas,; Mullin, Stephen J.,; Murphy, James B.,; Peterson, Charles R.,; Prior, Kent A.,; Seigel, Richard A.,; Shine, Richard,; Shoemaker, Kevin T.,; Weatherhead, Patrick J.,; Willson, John D.,
• HerausgeberIn: Mullin, Stephen J.,; Seigel, Richard A.,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2011]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (384 p.)

Destruction of habitat due to urban sprawl, pollution, and deforestation has caused population declines or even extinction of many of the world's approximately 2,600 snake species. Furthermore, misconceptions about snakes have made them among the most persecuted of all animals, despite the fact...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Contributors
• Introduction
• 1. Innovative Methods for Studies of Snake Ecology and Conservation
• 2. Molecular Phylogeography of Snakes
• 3. Population and Conservation Genetics
• 4. Modeling Snake Distribution and Habitat
• 5. Linking Behavioral Ecology to Conservation Objectives
• 6. Reproductive Biology, Population Viability, and Options for Field Management
• 7. Conservation Strategies
• 8. Habitat Manipulation as a Viable Conservation Strategy
• 9. Snakes as Indicators and Monitors of Ecosystem Properties
• 10. Combating Ophiophobia
• 11. Snake Conservation, Present and Future
• References
• Taxonomic Index
• Subject Index