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397. Shine, R., X. Bonnet, M. Elphick, and E. Barrott.  2004.  A novel foraging mode in snakes: browsing by the sea snake Emydocephalus annulatus (Serpentes, Hydrophiidae).  Functional Ecology 18:16-24.
398. Shine, R., T. Langkilde, and R. T. Mason.  2004.  Courtship tactics in garter snakes: how do a male's morphology and behavior influence his mating success?  Animal Behaviour 67:477-483.
399. Lourdais, O., R. Shine, X. Bonnet, M. Guillon, and G. Naulleau.  2004.  Climate affects offspring phenotypes in a viviparous snake.  Oikos 104:551-560.
400. Shine, R. 2004. Seasonal shifts in nest temperature can modify the phenotypes of hatchling lizards, regardless of overall mean incubation temperature. Functional Ecology 18:43-49.
401. Shine, R., B. Phillips, T. Langkilde, D. Lutterschmidt, H. Waye, and R. T. Mason.  2004.  Mechanisms and consequences of sexual conflict in garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis, Colubridae).  Behavioral Ecology 15:654-660.
402. Caprette, C., M. S. Y. Lee, R. Shine, A. Mokany, and J. F. Downhower.  2004.  The origin of snakes (Serpentes) as seen through eye anatomy.  Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 81:469-482.
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Osterwalder, K., A. Klingenböck, and R. Shine.  2004.  Field studies on a social lizard: home range and social organisation in an Australian skink, Egernia majorAustral Ecology 29:241-249.
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O'Donnell, R. P., N. B. Ford, R. Shine, and R. T. Mason.  2004.  Male red-sided garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis) determine female reproductive status from pheromone trails.  Animal Behaviour 68:677-683.
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Goldsbrough, C. L., D. F. Hochuli, and R. Shine.  2004.  Thermal cues used for retreat-site selection by flat rock spiders confer fitness benefits.  Ecology 85:1635-1641.
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Brown, G. P., and R. Shine. 2004. Maternal nest-site choice and offspring fitness in a tropical snake (Tropidonophis mairii, Colubridae).  Ecology 85:1627-1634.
407. Fitzgerald, M., R. Shine, and F. Lemckert.  2004.  Life history attributes of a threatened Australian snake (Stephen's Banded Snake, Hoplocephalus stephensii, Elapidae).  Biological Conservation 119:121-128.
408. Kearney, M., and R. Shine.  2004.  Developmental success, stability, and plasticity in closely-related parthenogenetic and sexual lizards (Heteronotia, Gekkonidae).  Evolution 58:1560-1572.
409. Wapstra, E., M. Olsson, R. Shine, A. Edwards, R. Swain, and J. M. P. Joss.  2004.  Maternal basking behaviour determines offspring sex in a viviparous reptile.  Biology Letters 271: S230-S232.
410. Shah, B., R. Shine, S. Hudson, and M. Kearney.  2004.  An experimental study of retreat-site selection by thick-tailed geckos, Nephrurus milii.  Austral Ecology 29:547-552.
411. O’Connor, D., and R. Shine.  2004.  Parental care protects against infanticide in the lizard Egernia saxatilis (Scincidae).  Animal Behaviour 68:1361-1369.
412. Seebacher, F., and R. Shine.  2004.  Evaluating thermoregulation in reptiles: the fallacy of the inappropriately applied method.  Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 77:688-695.
413. Shine, R.  2004.  Incubation regimes of cold-climate reptiles: the thermal consequences of nest-site choice, viviparity and maternal basking.  Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 83:145-155.
414. Aubret, F., R. Shine, and X. Bonnet. 2004. Adaptive plasticity in snakes. Nature 431:261-262.
415. Lourdais, O., F. Brischoux, D. DeNardo, and R. Shine.  2004.  Protein catabolism in pregnant snakes (Epicrates maurus, Boidae) compromises musculature and performance after reproduction.  Journal of Comparative Physiology B 174:383-391.
416. Shine, R., and R. T. Mason.  2004.  Patterns of mortality in a cold-climate population of garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis).  Biological Conservation 120:201-210.
417. Shine, R., M. Lemaster, M. Wall, T. Langkilde, and R. T. Mason.  2004.  Why did the snake cross the road? Effects of roads on movement and mate-location by garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis). Ecology and Society 9: 9. URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol9/iss1/art9.
418. Shine, R., G. P. Brown, and M. J. Elphick.  2004.  Field experiments on foraging in free-ranging water snakes Enhydris polylepis (Homalopsinae). Animal Behaviour 68:1313-1324.
419. Phillips, B., and R. Shine.  2004.  Adapting to an invasive species: toxic cane toads induce morphological change in Australian snakes.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 101:17150-17155.
420. Brown, G. P., and R. Shine.  2004.  Effects of reproduction on the antipredator tactics of snakes (Tropidonophis mairii, Colubridae).  Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 56:257-262.
421. Phillips, B., G. P. Brown, and R. Shine.  2004. Assessing the potential for an evolutionary response to rapid environmental change: invasive toads and an Australian snake. Evolutionary Ecology Research 6:799-811.
422. O'Donnell, R., R. Shine, and R. T. Mason.  2004.  Seasonal anorexia in the male red-sided garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis parietalisBehavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 56:413-419.
423. Webb, J. K., R. Pringle, and R. Shine.  2004.  How do nocturnal snakes select diurnal retreat sites?  Copeia 2004:919-925.
424. Shine, R., B. Phillips, H. Waye, M. LeMaster, and R. T. Mason.  2004.  Species isolating mechanisms in a mating system with male mate choice (garter snakes, Thamnophis).  Canadian Journal of Zoology 82:1091-1099.
425. Langkilde, T., R. Shine, and R. T. Mason.  2004.  Predatory attacks to the head versus body modify behavioral responses of garter snakes.  Ethology 110:937-947.
426. Shine, R.  2004.  Does viviparity evolve in cold-climate reptiles because pregnant females maintain stable (not high) body temperatures?  Evolution 58:1809-1818.
427. Langkilde, T., and R. Shine.  2004. Competing for crevices: interspecific conflict influences retreat-site selection in montane lizards.  Oecologia 140:684-691.
428. Kearney, M., and R. Shine.  2004. Morphological and physiological correlates of hybrid parthenogenesis.  American Naturalist 164:803-813. 
429. Bonnet, X., R. Shine, and O. Lourdais. 2004. Does gender affect a scientist's research output in evolutionary ecology? Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering 10:353-360. 
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