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90. Shine, R. 1991. Strangers in a strange land: ecology of the Australian colubrid snakes. Copeia 1991:120-131.
91. Shine, R. 1991. Intersexual dietary divergence and the evolution of sexual dimorphism in snakes. American Naturalist 138:103-122.
92. Shine, R. 1991. Why do larger snakes eat larger prey? Functional Ecology 5:493-502.
93. Shine, R., and A. E. Greer. 1991. Why are clutch sizes more variable in some species than in others? Evolution 45:1696-1706.
94. Schwarzkopf, L., and R. Shine. 1991. Thermal biology of reproduction in viviparous skinks, Eulamprus tympanum: why do gravid females bask more? Oecologia 88:562-569.
95. Shine, R., and L. Schwarzkopf. 1992. The evolution of reproductive effort in lizards and snakes. Evolution 46:62-75.
96. Shine, R., and E. L. Charnov. 1992. Patterns of survival, growth and maturation in snakes and lizards. American Naturalist 139: 1257-1269.
97. Harlow, P. S., and R. Shine. 1992. Food habits and reproductive biology of the Pacific island boas (Candoia). Journal of Herpetology 26:60-66.
98. Shine, R. 1992. Relative Clutch Mass and body shape in lizards and snakes: is reproductive investment constrained or optimised? Evolution 46:828-833.
99. Webb, J. K., and R. Shine. 1992. To find an ant: trail-following behaviour in the eastern Australian blindsnake Rhamphotyphlops nigrescens. Animal Behaviour 43:941-948.
100. Schwarzkopf, L., and R. Shine. 1992. Costs of reproduction in lizards: escape tactics and susceptibility to predation. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 31:17-25.
101. Madsen, T., and R. Shine. 1992. A rapid, sexually-selected shift in mean body sizes in a population of snakes. Evolution 46:1220-1224.
102. Madsen, T., R. Shine, J. Loman, and T. Håkansson. 1992. Why do female adders copulate so frequently? Nature 355:440-441.
103. Madsen, T., and R. Shine. 1992. Determinants of reproductive success in female adders, Vipera berus. Oecologia 92:40-47.
104. Madsen, T., and R. Shine. 1992. Sexual competition among brothers may influence offspring sex ratio in snakes. Evolution 46:1549-1552.
105. Madsen, T., and R. Shine. 1993. Male mating success and body size in European grass snakes. Copeia 1993:561-564.
106. Madsen, T., R. Shine, J. Loman, and T. Håkansson. 1993. Determinants of mating success in male adders, Vipera berus. Animal Behaviour 45:491-499.
107. Madsen, T., and R. Shine. 1993. Temporal variability in sexual selection on reproductive tactics and body size in male snakes. American Naturalist 141: 167-171.
108. Madsen, T., and R. Shine. 1993. Phenotypic plasticity in body sizes and sexual dimorphism in European grass snakes. Evolution 47:321-325.
109. Madsen, T., and R. Shine. 1993. Costs of reproduction in a population of European adders. Oecologia 94:488-495.
110. Webb, J. K., and R. Shine. 1993. Prey-size selection, gape limitation and predator vulnerability in Australian blindsnakes (Typhlopidae). Animal Behaviour 45:1117-1126.
111. Webb, J. K., and R. Shine. 1993. Dietary habits of Australian blindsnakes. Copeia 1993:762-770.
112. Torr, G. A., and R. Shine. 1993. An experimental analysis of thermally-dependent behavior patterns in the scincid lizard Lampropholis guichenoti. Copeia 1993:850-854.
113. Houston, D. L., and R. Shine. 1993. Sexual dimorphism and niche divergence: feeding habits of the Arafura filesnake. Journal of Animal Ecology 62:737-749.
114. Fairbairn, J., and R. Shine. 1993. Patterns of sexual size dimorphism in seabirds of the Southern Hemisphere. Oikos 68:139-145.
115. Lemckert, F. L., and R. Shine. 1993. Costs of reproduction in a population of the frog Crinia signifera (Anura: Myobatrachidae) from south-eastern Australia. Journal of Herpetology 27:420-425.
116. Shine, R., and P. Harlow. 1993. Maternal thermoregulation influences offspring viability in a viviparous lizard. Oecologia 96:122-127.
117. Charnov, E. L., D. Berrigan, and R. Shine. 1993. The M/k ratio is the same for fish and reptiles. American Naturalist 142:707-711.
118. Torr, G., and R. Shine. 1994. An ethogram for the small scincid lizard Lampropholis guichenoti. Amphibia-Reptilia 15:21-34.
119. Schlesinger, C. A., and R. Shine. 1994. Choosing a rock: Perspectives of a bush-rock collector and a saxicolous lizard. Biological Conservation 67:49-56.
120. Schlesinger, C. A., and R. Shine. 1994. Selection of diurnal retreat sites by the nocturnal gekkonid lizard Oedura lesueurii. Herpetologica 50:156-163.
121. Webb, J., and R. Shine. 1994. Feeding habits and reproductive biology of Australian pygopodid lizards of the genus Aprasia. Copeia 1994:390-398.
122. Madsen, T., and R. Shine. 1994. Components of lifetime reproductive success in adders (Vipera berus). Journal of Animal Ecology 63:561-568.
123. Madsen, T., and R. Shine. 1994. Toxicity of a tropical Australian frog, Litoria dahlii, to sympatric snakes. Wildlife Research 21:21-25.
124. Shine, R., and T. Madsen. 1994. Sexual dichromatism in snakes of the genus Vipera: a review and a new evolutionary hypothesis. Journal of Herpetology 28:114-117.
125. Shine, R. 1994. Sexual size dimorphism in snakes revisited. Copeia 1994:326-346.
126. Houston, D., and R. Shine. 1994. Low growth rates and delayed maturation in Arafura filesnakes (Serpentes: Acrochordidae) in tropical Australia. Copeia 1994:726-731.
127. Houston, D., and R. Shine. 1994. Movements and activity patterns of Arafura filesnakes (Serpentes: Acrochordidae) in tropical Australia. Herpetologica 50:349-357.
128. Houston, D., and R. Shine. 1994. Population demography of Arafura filesnakes (Serpentes: Acrochordidae) in tropical Australia. Journal of Herpetology 28:273-280.
129. Shine, R. 1994. Allometric patterns in the ecology of Australian snakes. Copeia 1994:851-867.
130. Shine, R. 1994. National peculiarities, scientific traditions and research directions. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 9:309.
131. Olsson, M., A. Gullberg, H. Tegelström, T. Madsen, and R. Shine. 1994. Scientific correspondence ('Promiscuous' matings enhance maternal fitness in lizards). Nature 369:528.
132. Olsson, M., T. Madsen, R. Shine, A. Gullberg, and H. Tegelström. 1994. Rewards of promiscuity. Nature 372:230.
133. Madsen, T., and R. Shine. 1994. Costs of reproduction influence the evolution of sexual size dimorphism in snakes. Evolution 48:1389-1397.
134. Barden, G., and R. Shine. 1994. Effects of sex and reproductive mode on dietary composition of the reproductively bimodal scincid lizard, Lerista bougainvillii. Australian Zoologist 29:225-228.
135. Shine, R. 1995. A new hypothesis for the evolution of viviparity in reptiles. American Naturalist 145:809-823.
136. Doughty, P., and R. Shine. 1995. Life in two dimensions: Natural history of the southern leaf-tailed gecko, Phyllurus platurus. Herpetologica 51:193-201.
137. Qualls, C. P., R. Shine, S. Donnellan, and M. Hutchinson. 1995. The evolution of viviparity within the Australian scincid lizard Lerista bougainvillii. Journal of Zoology (London) 237:13-26.
138. Shine, R., and J. B. Iverson. 1995. Patterns of survival, growth and maturation in turtles. Oikos 72:343-348.
139. Rummery, C., R. Shine, D. L. Houston, and M. B. Thompson. 1995. Thermal biology of the Australian forest dragon, Hypsilurus spinipes (Agamidae). Copeia 1995:818-827.
140. Shine, R., P. Harlow, J. S. Keogh, and Boeadi. 1995. Biology and commercial utilization of acrochordid snakes, with special reference to karung (Acrochordus javanicus). Journal of Herpetology 29:352-360.
141. Forsman, A., and R. Shine. 1995. Sexual size dimorphism in relation to frequency of reproduction in turtles (Testudines: Emydidae). Copeia 1995:727-729.
142. Qualls, C. P., and R. Shine. 1995. Maternal body-volume as a constraint on reproductive output in lizards: evidence from the evolution of viviparity. Oecologia 103:73-78.
143. Forsman, A., and R. Shine. 1995. The adaptive significance of colour pattern polymorphism in the Australian scincid lizard Lampropholis delicata. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 55:273-291.
144. Shine, R., and M. Fitzgerald. 1995. Variation in mating systems and sexual size dimorphism between populations of the Australian python Morelia spilota (Serpentes: Pythonidae). Oecologia 103:490-498.
145. Shine, R., M. J. Elphick, and P. S. Harlow. 1995. Sisters like it hot (Advantages of temperature-determined sex; Scientific Correspondence). Nature 378:451-452.
146. Shine, R., and J. Fairbairn. 1995. Sexual size dimorphism in seabirds: a reply to Croxall. Oikos 74:146-148.
147. White, B. S., J. S. Keogh, and R. Shine. 1995. Reproductive output in two species of small elapid snakes. Herpetofauna 25:20-22.
148. Madsen, T., B. Stille, and R. Shine. 1995. Inbreeding depression in an isolated population of adders (Vipera berus). Biological Conservation 75:113-118.
149. Branch, W. R., G. V. Haagner, and R. Shine. 1995. Is there an ontogenetic shift in mamba diet? Taxonomic confusion and dietary records for black and green mambas (Dendroaspis: Elapidae). Herpetological Natural History 3:171-178.
150. Forsman, A., and R. Shine. 1996. Parallel geographic variation in body shape and reproductive life history within the Australian scincid lizard Lampropholis delicata. Functional Ecology 9:818-828.
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