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Offering in-depth examinations of rare and unusual snakes, this volume examines the ecological role of snakes throughout various islands of the world, from Golden Lancehead of the Queimada Grande Island in Brazil to sea kraits in Taiwan. Islands and Snakes is the first book to tackle snakes and their unique connection to islands.
List of contents
- Chapter 1: Ecology of Snakes on Islands Marcio Martins and Harvey B. Lillywhite
- Chapter 2: Isolation, Dispersal, and Changing Sea Levels: How Sea Kraits Spread to Far-Flung Islands Harold Heatwole
- Chapter 3: Terrestrial habitats influence the spatial distribution and abundance of amphibious sea kraits: implication for conservation Xavier Bonnet and François Brischoux
- Chapter 4: Physiological Ecology of Sea Kraits inhabiting Orchid Island, Taiwan Ming-Chung Tu and Harvey B. Lillywhite
- Chapter 5: The Queimada Grande Island and its Biological Treasure: the Golden Lancehead Marcio Martins, Ricardo J. Sawaya, Selma Almeida-Santos, and Otavio A. V. Marques
- Chapter 6: Pleasure and Pain: Insular Tiger Snakes and Seabirds in Australia Fabien Aubret
- Chapter 7: The Eyes have it: Watching Treeboas on the Grenada Bank Robert W. Henderson
- Chapter 8: The ecology and conservation of the Milos viper, Macrovipera schweizeri Göran Nilson
- Chapter 9: The Unique Insular Population of Cottonmouth Snakes at Seahorse Key Harvey B. Lillywhite and Coleman M. Sheehy III
- Chapter 10: Living without a rattle: the biology and conservation of the rattlesnake, Crotalus catalinensis, from Santa Catalina Island, Mexico Gustavo Arnaud and Marcio Martins
- Chapter 11: Decline and Recovery of the Lake Erie Watersnake: A Story of Success in Conservation Richard B. King and Kristin M. Stanford
- Chapter 12: Defending Resources on Isolated Islands: Snakes Compete for Hatchling Sea Turtles Akira Mori, Hidetoshi Ota, and Koichi Hirate
- Chapter 13: Islands in the Sky: Snakes on South American Tepuis D. Bruce Means and César Barrio-Amorós
About the author
Harvey B. Lillywhite is a Professor of Biology at the University of Florida, Gainesville. He has published numerous scientific articles on snakes, including those living on islands in many parts of the world. His research has been featured in Science, Nature, Scientific American, Natural History, Proceedings of the Royal Society, and many other publications. He is author of the book How Snakes Work, published by Oxford University Press in 2014.
Marcio Martins is a Professor of Ecology at the University of São Paulo, Brazil. He has published numerous scientific articles on the natural history, ecology, evolution and conservation of frogs and snakes, including studies on island snakes from Brazil and Mexico. His research has been featured in Nature Ecology & Evolution, Biological Conservation, Global Ecology and Biogeography, Oecologia, Proceedings of the Royal Society, and many other publications.
Summary
Offering in-depth examinations of rare and unusual snakes, this volume examines the ecological role of snakes throughout various islands of the world, from Golden Lancehead of the Queimada Grande Island in Brazil to sea kraits in Taiwan. Islands and Snakes is the first book to tackle snakes and their unique connection to islands.
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Making this book a must-read for everybody interested in snakes on islands.
