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46. Shine, R. 1986. Predation upon filesnakes (Acrochordus arafurae) by aboriginal hunters: selectivity with respect to size, sex and reproductive condition. Copeia 1986:238-239.
47. Shine, R. 1986. Ecology of a low-energy specialist: food habits and reproductive biology of the arafura filesnake (Acrochordidae). Copeia 1986:424-437.
48. Shine, R. 1986. Sexual differences in morphology and niche utilization in an aquatic snake, Acrochordus arafurae. Oecologia 69:260-267.
49. Shine, R. 1986. Food habits, habitats and reproductive biology of four sympatric species of varanid lizards in tropical Australia. Herpetologica 42:346-360.
50. Patchell, F. C., and R. Shine. 1986. Food habits and reproductive biology of the Australian legless lizards (Pygopodidae). Copeia 1986:30-39.
51. Patchell, F. C., and R. Shine. 1986. Hinged teeth for hard-bodied prey: a case of convergent evolution between snakes and legless lizards. Journal of Zoology (London) 208:269-275.
52. Patchell, F. C., and R. Shine. 1986. Feeding mechanisms in pygopodid lizards: how can Lialis swallow such large prey? Journal of Herpetology 20:59-64.
53. Shine, R. 1986. Evolutionary advantages of limblessness: evidence from the pygopodid lizards. Copeia 1986:525-529.
54. Mengden, G. A., R. Shine, and C. Moritz. 1986. Phylogenetic relationships within the Australasian venomous snakes of the genus Pseudechis. Herpetologica 42:215-229.
55. Shine, R. 1986. Natural history of two monotypic snake genera of southwestern Australia, Elapognathus and Rhinoplocephalus (Elapidae). Journal of Herpetology 20:436-439.
56. Shine, R. 1987. Food habits and reproductive biology of Australian snakes of the genus Hemiaspis (Elapidae). Journal of Herpetology 21:71-74.
57. Shine, R. 1987. Ecological ramifications of prey size: food habits and reproductive biology of Australian copperhead snakes (Austrelaps, Elapidae). Journal of Herpetology 21:21-28.
58. Shine, R. 1987. Ecological comparisons of island and mainland populations of Australian tigersnakes (Notechis, Elapidae). Herpetologica 43:233-240.
59. Shine, R. 1987. Intraspecific variation in thermoregulation, movements and habitat use by Australian blacksnakes, Pseudechis porphyriacus (Elapidae). Journal of Herpetology 21:165-177.
60. Shine, R. 1987. Reproductive mode may determine geographic distributions in Australian venomous snakes (Pseudechis, Elapidae). Oecologia 71:608-612.
61. Shine, R. 1987. The evolution of viviparity: ecological correlates of reproductive mode within a genus of Australian snakes (Pseudechis, Elapidae). Copeia 1987:551-563.
62. Shine, R. 1987. Sexual selection in amphibians: a reply to Halliday and Verrell. Herpetological Journal 1:202-203.
63. Harlow, P., and R. Shine. 1988. Voluntary ingestion of radiotransmitters by snakes in the field. Herpetological Review 19:57.
64. Shine, R. 1988. Constraints on reproductive investment: a comparison between aquatic and terrestrial snakes. Evolution 42:17-27.
65. Shine, R. 1988. Food habits and reproductive biology of small Australian snakes of the genera Unechis and Suta (Serpentes, Elapidae). Journal of Herpetology 22: 307-315.
66. Shine, R. 1988. The evolution of large body size in females: a critique of Darwin's "fecundity advantage" model. American Naturalist 131:124-131.
67. James, C. D., and R. Shine. 1988. Life-history strategies of Australian lizards: a comparison between the tropics and the temperate zone. Oecologia 75:307-316.
68. Shine, C., N. Shine, R. Shine, and D. Slip. 1988. Use of subcaudal scale anomalies as an aid in recognising individual snakes. Herpetological Review 19:79.
69. Shine, R., and L. J. Guillette Jr. 1988. The evolution of viviparity in reptiles: a physiological model and its ecological consequences. Journal of Theoretical Biology 132:43-50.
70. Scanlon, J., and R. Shine. 1988. Dentition and diet in snakes: adaptations to oophagy in the Australian elapid genus Simoselaps. Journal of Zoology (London) 216:519-528.
71. Shine, R., and D. Crews. 1988. Why male garter snakes have small heads: the evolution and endocrine control of sexual dimorphism. Evolution 42:1105-1110.
72. Slip, D. J., and R. Shine. 1988. Feeding habits of the diamond python, Morelia s. spilota: ambush predation by a boid snake. Journal of Herpetology 22:323-330.
73. Slip, D. J., and R. Shine. 1988. Thermophilic response to feeding of the diamond python, Morelia s. spilota (Serpentes, Boidae). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 89A:645-650.
74. Slip, D. J., and R. Shine. 1988. Thermoregulation of free-ranging diamond pythons, Morelia spilota (Serpentes, Boidae). Copeia 1988:984-995.
75. Slip, D. J., and R. Shine. 1988. Reptilian endothermy: a field study of thermoregulation by brooding diamond pythons. Journal of Zoology (London) 216:367-378.
76. Slip, D. J., and R. Shine. 1988. The reproductive biology and mating system of diamond pythons, Morelia spilota (Serpentes, Boidae). Herpetologica 44:396-404.
77. Slip, D. J., and R. Shine. 1988. Habitat use, movements and activity patterns of free-ranging diamond pythons, Morelia s. spilota (Serpentes: Boidae): a radiotelemetric study. Australian Wildlife Research 15:515-531.
78. Shine, R. 1989. Constraints, allometry and adaptation: food habits and reproductive biology of Australian brownsnakes (Pseudonaja, Elapidae). Herpetologica 45:195-207.
79. Shine, R., and M. Fitzgerald. 1989. Conservation and reproduction of an endangered species: the broad-headed snake, Hoplocephalus bungaroides (Elapidae). Australian Zoologist 25:65-67.
80. Shine, R. 1989. Alternative models for the evolution of offspring size. American Naturalist 134:311-317.
81. Shine, R. 1989. Ecological causes for the evolution of sexual dimorphism: a review of the evidence. Quarterly Review of Biology 64:419-464.
82. Shine, C., G. Ross, P. Harlow, and R. Shine. 1989. High body temperatures in an Australian frog, Litoria caerulea. Victorian Naturalist 106:138-139.
83. Shine, R., and R. Lambeck. 1989. Ecology of frillneck lizards Chlamydosaurus kingii (Agamidae) in tropical Australia. Australian Wildlife Research 16:491-500.
84. Shine, R. 1990. Function and evolution of the frill of the frillneck lizard, Chlamydosaurus kingii (Sauria: Agamidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 40:11-20.
85. Shine, R. 1990. Proximate determinants of sexual differences in adult body size. American Naturalist 135:278-283.
86. Camilleri, C., and R. Shine. 1990. Sexual dimorphism and dietary divergence: differences in trophic morphology between male and female snakes. Copeia 1990:649-658.
87. Shine, R., and J. Webb. 1990. Natural history of Australian typhlopid snakes. Journal of Herpetology 24:357-363.
88. Shine, R., and D. J. Slip. 1990. Biological aspects of the adaptive radiation of Australasian pythons (Serpentes: Boidae). Herpetologica 46:283-290.
89. Shine, R., and R. Lambeck. 1990. Seasonal shifts in the thermoregulatory behavior of Australian blacksnakes, Pseudechis porphyriacus. Journal of Thermal Biology 15:301-305.
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