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x, 438 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 29 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Contents: Foreword / Richard Shine -- The biology of boas and pythons: a retrospective look to the future / Robert W. Henderson and Robert Powell -- The higher-level relationships of alethinophidian snakes inferred from seven nuclear and mitochondrial genes / Nicolas Vidal, Anne-Sophie Delmas and S. Blair Hedges -- Ecomorphology of boine snakes, with emphasis on South American forms / Ligia Pizzatto, Otavio A.V. Marques and Marcio Martins -- Thermal biology of the southern African python (Python natalensis) : does temperature limit its distribution? / Graham Alexander -- Reproduction and thermoregulation are principal factors that influence habitat selection in the Argentine boa constrictor (Boa constrictor occidentalis) / Margarita Chiaraviglio and Miguel Bertona -- Comparative ecology and ecological modeling of sympatric pythons, Python regius and Python sebae / Luca Luiselli [and others] -- Body size and head shape of island Boa constrictor in Belize : environmental versus genetic contributions / Scott M. Boback and D. Mark Carpenter -- Habitat use by the Mona boa (Epicrates monensis monensis) on Isla Mona, West Indies / Peter J. Tolson, Miguel A. García and Candee L. Ellsworth -- Natural history of the green anaconda (Eunectes murinus) in the Venezuelan llanos / Jesús A. Rivas [and others] -- Foraging ecology and diet of an ambush predator : the green python (Morelia viridis) / David Wilson -- The things you find on the road : roadkill and incidental data as an indicator of habitat use in two species of tropical pythons / Alastair Freeman and Caroline Bruce -- Feeding in boas and pythons : motor recruitment patterns during striking / David Cundall, Alex Duefel and Frances Irish -- Response of the yellow anaconda (Eunectes notaeus) to aquatic acoustic stimuli / Bruce A. Young -- Constriction strength in snakes / Brad R. Moon and Rita S. Mehta -- Courtship, mating, and alternative reproductive tactics in the Middle American dwarf boa (Ungaliophis continentalis) / R. Michael Burger and Neil B. Ford -- Geographic variation in pheromone trailing behaviors of the Indonesian water python (Liasis mackloti) of Indonesia's Lesser Sunda Archipelago / Christopher K. Carmichael . [and others] -- Testing the coadaptation hypothesis : the thermal physiology and thermoregulatory behavior of rubber boas (Charina bottae) / Michel E. Dorcas and Charles R. Peterson -- Adaptive correlation between feeding habits and digestive physiology for boas and pythons / Stephen M. Secor and Brian D. Ott -- Neural correlates of complex behavior : vision and infrared imaging in boas and pythons / Michael S. Grace and Atsuko Matushita -- The infrared sight of boas and pythons / Richard C. Goris [and others] -- The specific dynamic action in boas and pythons / Brian D. Ott and Stephen M. Secor -- Sexual size dimorphism and the mating system of the green anaconda (Eunectes murinus) / Jesús A. Rivas [and others] -- Effects of habitat loss on the genetic structure of populations of the Argentine boa constrictor (Boa constrictor occidentalis) / Gabriela Cardozo [and others] -- Conservation biology of the yellow anaconda (Eunectes notaeus) in northeastern Argentina / Tomás Waller, Patricio Alejandro Micucci and Ernesto Alvarenga -- Spatial ecology of resident and displaced boa constrictors (Boa constrictor imperator) on Ometepe Island, Nicaragua : implications for conservation / David A. Holtzman, Sandi Shifley and Donald Sisson -- Treeboas in the West Indies : responses of Corallus cookii and Corallus grenadensis to disturbed habitats / Sylvia D. Powell [and others] -- Ecology and conservation of an exploited insular population of Boa constrictor (Squamata, Boidae) on the Cayos Cochinos, Honduras / Robert N. Reed [and others] -- Genetic population structure of the yellow anaconda (Eunectes notaeus) in northern Argentina : management implications / Martín Mendez [and others] -- Introduced populations of Boa constrictor (Boidae) and Python molurus bivittatus (Pythonidae) in southern Florida / Ray W. Snow [and others]. |