SNAKES: ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION Edited by Stephen J. Mullin & Richard A. Seigel Hardcover, 392 pages, June 2009, Comstock/Cornell Univ. Press 6 1/8 x 9 ¼ inches, 10 tables, 26 charts/graphs, 5 maps, 2 line drawings, 2 halftones
$60.00 This includes S&H via media mail, 2-3 week delivery. If you want it sent first class add $10.00, 2-4 days delivery. Overseas please email us for an exact price. (As you can see price of shipping this book is much lower than shipping of Turtles Of U.S. & Canada) (As always - all profits from the sale of this book goes to keep Herpdigest a free publication.) 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. TO ORDER: 1) Send a check to Herpdigest/Allen Salzberg/67-87 Booth Street -5B/Forest Hills, NY 11375. Make the check out to Herpdigest. 2) By Paypal - our account is asalzb...@herpdigest.org 3) By credit card, Master or Visa only, send us your credit card number, expiration date, billing and shipping address to asalzb...@herpdigest.org. (Though I haven't heard of this happening, a credit card number stolen from an email, I'm told to prevent this send ccard number divided into two emails.) 4) By phone, call us at 1-718-275-2190 Eastern Standard Time (NYC) - Any Day Of The Week, 10 A.M.- 8 P.M. If not in, leave message and we'll call back. 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
