Snakes: ecology and conservation

Introduction : opening doors for snake conservation / Stephen J. Mullin and Richard A. Seigel. Innovative methods for studies of snake ecology and conservation / Michael E. Dorcas and John D. Willson. Molecular phylogeography of snakes / Frank T. Burbrink and Todd A. Castoe. Population and conservation genetics / Richard B. King. Modeling snake distribution and habitat / Christopher L. Jenkins, Charles R. Peterson, and Bruce A. Kingsbury. Linking behavioral ecology to conservation objectives / Patrick J. Weatherhead and Thomas Madsen. Reproductive biology, population viability, and options for field management / Richard Shine and Xavier Bonnet. Conservation strategies : captive rearing, translocation and repatriation / Bruce A. Kingsbury and Omar Attum. Habitat manipulation as a viable conservation strategy / Kevin T. Shoemaker, Glenn Johnson, and Kent A. Prior. Snakes as indicators and monitors of ecosystem properties / Steven J. Beaupre and Lara E. Douglas. Combating ophiophobia : origins, treatment, education, and conservation tools / Gordon M. Burghardt, James B. Murphy, David Chiszar and Michael Hutchins. Snake conservation, present and future / Richard A. Seigel and Stephen J. Mullin

Introduction : opening doors for snake conservation / Stephen J. Mullin and Richard A. Seigel -- Innovative methods for studies of snake ecology and conservation / Michael E. Dorcas and John D. Willson -- Molecular phylogeography of snakes / Frank T. Burbrink and Todd A. Castoe -- Population and conservation genetics / Richard B. King -- Modeling snake distribution and habitat / Christopher L. Jenkins, Charles R. Peterson, and Bruce A. Kingsbury -- Linking behavioral ecology to conservation objectives / Patrick J. Weatherhead and Thomas Madsen -- Reproductive biology, population viability, and options for field management / Richard Shine and Xavier Bonnet -- Conservation strategies : captive rearing, translocation and repatriation / Bruce A. Kingsbury and Omar Attum -- Habitat manipulation as a viable conservation strategy / Kevin T. Shoemaker, Glenn Johnson, and Kent A. Prior -- Snakes as indicators and monitors of ecosystem properties / Steven J. Beaupre and Lara E. Douglas -- Combating ophiophobia : origins, treatment, education, and conservation tools / Gordon M. Burghardt, James B. Murphy, David Chiszar and Michael Hutchins -- Snake conservation, present and future / Richard …