Rattlesnakes of Arizona Volume 2
This is the second volume of Rattlesnakes of Arizona. This volume deals with aspects of natural history, behavior, evolution, and conservation. The thirteen chapters are written by twenty-two leading experts in the field. The emphasis of this book is on the species that are known to habituate in Arizona and neighboring areas. There is even information on the development of the rattle and, of course, venom. With Tell Hicks involved, the artwork is superb.
Here is the Table of Contents so you may know the depth of knowledge contained in this book.
Table of Contents
1) Recent Developments in Rattlesnake Phylogenetics, Phylogeography, and Species Delimitation
WOLFGANG WÜSTER
2) A Role for Genomics in Rattlesnake Research: Current Knowledge and Future Potential
DREW R. SCHIELD, DAREN C. CARD, JACOBO REYES-VELASCO, AUDRA L. ANDREW, CASSANDRA A.MODAHL, STEPHEN P. MACKESSY, DAVID D. POLLOCK, AND TODD A. CASTOE
3) Deciphering the Evolution of Venom and the Venom Apparatus in Rattlesnakes
STEPHEN P. MACKESSY AND TODD A. CASTOE
4) The Hunting and Feeding Behavior of Wild Rattlesnakes
RULON W. CLARK
5) Rattlesnakes as Models for Reproductive Studies of Vertebrates
EMILY N. TAYLOR AND WARREN BOOTH
6) Social Behavior of Rattlesnakes: A Shifting Paradigm
GORDON W. SCHUETT, RULON W. CLARK, ROGER A. REPP, MELISSA AMARELLO, CHARLES F. SMITH, AND HARRY W. GREENE
7) The Origin and Evolution of the Rattlesnake Rattle: Misdirection, Clarification, Theory, and Progress RANDALL S. REISERER AND GORDON W. SCHUETT
8) Structure, Ontogeny, and Evolutionary Development of the Rattlesnake Rattle
JESSE M. MEIK AND GORDON W. SCHUETT
9) The Rattle: A Window on Rattlesnake Life Histories
RANDALL S. REISERER
10) Novel Tracking, Remote Monitoring Technologies, and Their Application to Rattlesnakes
STEVEN J. BEAUPRE
11) Rattlesnakes in Syntopy: A Case Study from Arizona
ERIKA M. NOWAK AND GORDON W. SCHUETT
12) Rattlesnake Conservation in the 21st Century
ERIKA M. NOWAK AND HARRY W. GREENE
13) A Molecular Perspective on Conservation: Rattlesnakes as Models
HANS-WERNER HERRMANN
