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Book SynopsisIn the first book on snakes 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.
Trade Review"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"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
"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
