SNAKES: ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
Edited by Stephen J. Mullin & Richard A. Seigel
Hardcover, 392 pages, June 2009
6 1/8 x 9 ¼ inches, 10 tables, 26 charts/graphs, 5 maps, 2 line drawings, 2 halftones
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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 that less than a quarter of all species are
venomous and most species are beneficial because they control rodent pests. It has
become increasingly urgent, therefore, to develop viable conservation strategies for
snakes and to investigate their importance as monitors of ecosystem health and indicators
of habitat sustainability.
In this, the first book on snakes to be written with a focus on conservation, editors
Stephen J. Mullin and Richard A. Seigel bring together leading herpetologists to review and synthesize the ecology, conservation, and management of snakes worldwide. These
experts report on advances in current research and summarize the primary literature,
presenting the most important concepts and techniques in snake ecology and
conservation. The common thread of conservation unites the twelve chapters, each of
which addresses a major sub-discipline within snake ecology. Applied topics such as
methods and modeling, and strategies such as captive rearing and translocation, are also
covered. Each chapter provides an essential framework and indicates specific directions for future research, making this a critical reference for anyone interested in vertebrate
conservation generally or for anyone implementing conservation and management policies concerning snake populations.
Stephen J. Mullin is Associate Professor of Biological Sciences at Eastern Illinois University.
Richard A. Seigel is Professor and Chair of Biological Sciences at Towson University and the author or editor of several books, including Snakes: Ecology and Behavior, Snakes: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and The Garter Snakes: Evolution and Ecology.
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Reviews:
"Snakes: Ecology and Conservation is an important and excellent book. The choice of
topics is timely and each chapter offers something novel."-Harry W. Greene, Cornell
University, author of Snakes: The Evolution of Mystery in Nature
"Yet another authoritative and cutting-edge volume on the biology of snakes, organized
and written with the same attention to detail and scientific accuracy as its predecessors,
Snakes: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Snakes: Ecology and Behavior. Add this
alongside them on your library bookshelf; it is an essential tome for all researchers
interested in serpents."-Joseph T. Collins, Director, The Center for North American
Herpetology, and Herpetologist, The University of Kansas
"This timely compilation by Stephen J. Mullin and Richard A. Seigel, with contributions by the world's top experts in snake biology, will rapidly become the foundation for future
herpetological research and management involving snakes. In addition to being an
indispensable source for every professional herpetologist and anyone else interested in
snake ecology and conservation, this book will serve as a cornerstone reference for land
managers and conservation biologists anywhere snakes occur."-J. Whitfield Gibbons,
University of Georgia
*****
Contributors to this excellent volume are:
Omar Attum, Indiana University Southeast
Steven J. Beaupre, University of Arkansas
Xavier Bonnet, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Frank T. Burbrink, College of Staten Island, The City University of New York
Gordon M. Burghardt, University of Tennessee
Todd A. Castoe, University of Colorado
David Chiszar, University of Colorado
Michael E. Dorcas, Davidson College
Lara E. Douglas, University of Arkansas
Christopher L. Jenkins, Project Orianne, Ltd.
Glenn Johnson, State University of New York, Potsdam
Michael Hutchins, The Wildlife Society
Richard B. King, Northern Illinois University
Bruce A. Kingsbury, Indiana University-Purdue University
Thomas Madsen, University of Wollongong (Australia)
Stephen J. Mullin, Eastern Illinois University
James B. Murphy, National Zoological Park
Charles R. Peterson, Idaho State University
Kent A. Prior, Parks Canada
Richard A. Seigel, Towson University
Richard Shine, University of Sydney
Kevin T. Shoemaker, State University of New York
Patrick J. Weatherhead, University of Illinois
John D. Willson, University of Georgia
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