Unlike most vipers, female rattlesnakes(Crotalus atrox)continue to hunt and feed throughout pregnancy

The Spatial and Reproductive Ecology of the Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix) at the Northeastern Extreme of Its Range

(2014) Charles F. Smith et al.   HERPETOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Effects of dehydration on cardiovascular development in the embryonic American alligator (Alligator mississipiensis)

(2012) Kevin B. Tate et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Do Sidewinder Rattlesnakes (Crotalus cerastes, Viperidae) Cease Feeding During the Breeding Season?

(2012) Michael M. Webber et al.   COPEIA

Stable isotope tracer reveals that viviparous snakes transport amino acids to offspring during gestation

(2012) J. U. Van Dyke et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Bioenergetic components of reproductive effort in viviparous snakes: Costs of vitellogenesis exceed costs of pregnancy

(2011) James U. Van Dyke et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

A review of the evolution of viviparity in squamate reptiles: the past, present and future role of molecular biology and genomics

(2011) Bridget F. Murphy et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY

Invasive implantation and intimate placental associations in a placentotrophic african lizard, Trachylepis ivensi (scincidae)

(2011) Daniel G. Blackburn et al.   JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY

Frequency of reproduction in female western diamond-backed rattlesnakes from the Sonoran Desert of Arizona is variable in individuals: potential role of rainfall and prey densities

(2011) G. W. Schuett et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Conflicts between feeding and reproduction in amphibious snakes (sea kraits, Laticauda spp.)

(2010) FRANÇOIS BRISCHOUX et al.   AUSTRAL ECOLOGY

Functional and Numerical Responses of Predators: Where Do Vipers Fit in the Traditional Paradigms?

(2010) Erika M. Nowak et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

The Burden of Motherhood: The Effect of Reproductive Load on Female Lizard Locomotor, Foraging, and Social Behavior

(2010) Michele A. Johnson et al.   ETHOLOGY

To Feed or Not to Feed? Testing Different Hypotheses on Rut-Induced Hypophagia in a Mountain Ungulate

(2010) Francesca Brivio et al.   ETHOLOGY

Experimental evidence for physiological costs underlying the trade-off between reproduction and survival

(2010) Robert M. Cox et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Carry-over effects as drivers of fitness differences in animals

(2010) Xavier A. Harrison et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Potential environmental influences on variation in body size and sexual size dimorphism among Arizona populations of the western diamond-backed rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox)

(2010) Melissa Amarello et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Individuals and populations: the role of long-term, individual-based studies of animals in ecology and evolutionary biology

(2010) Tim Clutton-Brock et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Illness-induced anorexia may reduce trade-offs between digestion and immune function

(2009) Shelley A. Adamo et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Timber Rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus) Exhibit Elevated and Less Variable Body Temperatures during Pregnancy

(2009) Lynne C. Gardner-Santana et al.   COPEIA

Capital breeding and income breeding: their meaning, measurement, and worth

(2009) Philip A. Stephens et al.   ECOLOGY

The Physiological Cost of Pregnancy in a Tropical Viviparous Snake

(2008) Timothy J. Schultz et al.   COPEIA

The Effect of Reproductive Condition on Thermoregulation in Female Agkistrodon piscivorus Near the Northwestern Range Limit

(2008) Adam L. Crane et al.   HERPETOLOGICA

Western Diamond-Backed Rattlesnakes, Crotalus atrox (Serpentes: Viperidae), Gain Water by Harvesting and Drinking Rain, Sleet, and Snow

(2008) Roger A. Repp et al.   SOUTHWESTERN NATURALIST

Dynamic aggregations of newborn sibling rattlesnakes exhibit stable thermoregulatory properties

(2007) R. S. Reiserer et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY