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Rick Shine's Publications

 Scientific Publications

Books
Refereed Chapters in Books
Published Research Reports
Semi-Popular Articles

Scientific Papers

1973-85
1986-90
1991-95
1996-98
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2005 2006
 2007
 2008 2009

 


Books

1.
Grigg, G. C., R. Shine, and H. Ehmann (eds). 1985. Biology of Australasian Frogs and Reptiles. 527 pages, Royal Zoological Society of NSW, Sydney.
2.
Shine, R. 1991. Australian Snakes. A Natural History. 223 pages, A. H. & A. W. Reed, Sydney. (An American edition of this book was simultaneously released by Cornell University Press).
3.
Shine, R. 1993. Australian Snakes. A Natural History. Revised Edition, 223 pages, Reed Books, Sydney. Reprinted, 1994. Published by New Holland Press, 1998. Reprinted 1999 and 2001.
4. Shine, R. 1996. Das Große Buch der Australischen Schlangen. Eine Naturgeschichte. 224 pages, revised and updated from English version; bede-Verlag GmbH, Ruhmannsfelden. 
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Refereed Chapters in Books

1. Shine, R. 1984. Physiological and ecological questions on the evolution of reptilian viviparity. Pages 147-154 in Respiration and Metabolism of Embryonic Vertebrates (R. Seymour, ed.), Junk, The Hague.
2. Shine, R. 1985. The evolution of viviparity in reptiles: an ecological analysis. Pages 605-694 in Biology of the Reptilia, Volume 15 (C. Gans and F. Billett, eds.), John Wiley and Sons, New York.
3. Shine, R. 1985. Ecological evidence on the phylogeny of Australian elapid snakes. Pages 255-260 in Biology of Australasian Frogs and Reptiles (G. C. Grigg, R. Shine, and H. Ehmann, eds.), Royal Zoological Society of NSW, Sydney.
4. Shine, R. 1985. Reproductive biology of Australian reptiles: a search for general patterns. Pages 297-303 in Biology of Australasian Frogs and Reptiles (G. C. Grigg, R. Shine, and H. Ehmann, eds.), Royal Zoological Society of NSW, Sydney.
5. Shine, R. 1988. Parental care in reptiles. Pages 275-330 in Biology of the Reptilia, Volume 16 (C. Gans and R. B. Huey, eds.), Alan R. Liss Inc., New York.
6. Shine, R. 1989. Ecological influences on the evolution of vertebrate viviparity. Pages 263-278 in Complex Organismal Functions: Integration and Evolution in Vertebrates (D. B. Wake and G. Roth, eds.), John Wiley and Sons Ltd., Chichester.
7. Packard, G. C., R. P. Elinson, J. Gavaud, L. J. Guillette Jr., J. Lombardi, J. Schindler, R. Shine, H. O. Tyndale Biscoe, M. H. Wake, F. D. J. Xavier, and Y. Zaron. 1989. How are reproductive systems integrated and how has viviparity evolved? Pages 281-293 in Complex Organismal Functions: Integration and Evolution in Vertebrates (D. B. Wake and G. Roth, eds.), John Wiley and Sons Ltd., Chichester. 
8. Shine, R. 1992. Influences of incubation requirements on the evolution of viviparity. Pages 361-370 in Egg Incubation: Its Effects on Embryonic Development in Birds and Reptiles (D. C. Deeming and M. W. J. Ferguson, eds.), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 
9. Shine, R. 1992. Snakes. Pages 174-211 in Encyclopedia of Animals: Reptiles and Amphibians (H. G. Cogger and R. G. Zweifel, eds.), Weldon Owen, Sydney and New York. This book has now been translated into six additional languages.
10. Shine, R. 1992. Ecological studies on Australian pythons. Pages 29-40 in Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Herpetological Symposium on Captive Propagation and Husbandry (M. J. Uricheck, ed.), International Herpetological Symposium Inc., Seattle, Washington.
11. Shine, R. 1993. Sexual dimorphism in snakes. Pages 49-86 in Snakes: Ecology and Behavior (R. A. Seigel and J. T. Collins, eds.), McGraw-Hill, New York.
12. Shine, R., and D. Houston. 1993. Acrochordidae. Pages 322-324 in Fauna and Flora of Australia, Volume 2 (D. Walton, ed.), Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
13. Shea, G., R. Shine, and J. Covacevich. 1993. Elapidae. Pages 295-309 in Fauna and Flora of Australia, Volume 2 (D. Walton, ed.), Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
14. Stow, A., and R. Shine. 1993. Cage cleaning, investigatory behaviour, and the induction of defecation in elapid snakes. Pages 311-314 in Herpetology in Australia: A Diverse Discipline (D. Lunney and D. Ayers, eds.), Transactions of the Royal Zoological Society of NSW, Sydney.
15. Blomberg, S., and R. Shine. 1996. Reptiles. Pages 218-226 in Practical Census Techniques for Animal Populations (W. Sutherland, ed.), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
16. Shine, R.  2004.  Adaptive consequences of developmental plasticity. Pages 187-210 in Reptilian Incubation: Environment, Evolution and Behaviour (D. C. Deeming, ed.), Nottingham University Press, Nottingham.
17. Shine, R., and M. Wall. 2005.  Ecological divergence between the sexes in reptiles. Pages 221-253 in Sexual Segregation in Vertebrates: Ecology of the Two Sexes (K. E. Ruckstuhl and P. Neuhaus, eds.), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
18. Shine, R., and M. Wall.  2007.  Why is intraspecific niche partitioning more common in snakes than in lizards? Pages 173-208 in Lizard Ecology (S. M. Reilly, L. B. McBrayer and D. B. Miles, eds.), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
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 Shine, R.  2007.  Foreword.  Pages ix-x in Biology of the Boas and Pythons (R. W. Henderson and R. Powell, eds.), Eagle Mountain Publishing, Utah.
20.
 Brischoux, F., X. Bonnet, T. Cook, and R. Shine.  2007.  Snakes at sea: diving performance of free-ranging sea kraits.  Onzieme Forum de l'Ecole Doctorale, Universite Francois-Rabelais, Tours, France.
21. Shine, R., and X. Bonnet.  2008.  Linking reproductive biology to conservation objectives.  In press in Snakes: Applied Ecology and Conservation (S. J. Mullin and R. A. Siegel, eds.), Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY.
22. LeMaster, M. P., A. Stefani, R. Shine, and R. T. Mason.  2008.  Cross-dressing in chemical cues: exploring 'she-maleness' in newly-emerged male garter snakes.  Pages 223-230 in Chemical Signals in Vertebrates (J. L. Hurst, R. J. Beynon, S. C. Roberts and T. D. Wyatt, eds.), Springer, New York.
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Published Research Reports

1. Shine, R. 1986. Diets and abundances of aquatic and semi-aquatic reptiles of the Alligator Rivers Region. Supervising Scientist for the Alligator Rivers Region, Technical Memorandum 16:1-54.
2. Shine, R. 1994. The biology and management of diamond pythons (Morelia s. spilota) and carpet pythons (M. s. variegata). Species Management Report Number 15, New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service (50 pages).
3.
 Shine, R., G. P. Brown, B. L. Phillips, J. K. Webb, and M. Hagman. 2006. The biology, impact and control of cane toads: an overview of the University of Sydney's research program. Pp. 18-32 in Proceedings of the Cane Toad Workshop, CRC for Invasive Animals, Brisbane June 2006.
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 Alford, R. A., L. Schwarzkopf, G. P. Brown, B. L. Phillips, and R. Shine. 2006. Characteristics of Bufo marinus in old and recently established populations. Pp. 42-46 in Proceedings of the Cane Toad Workshop, CRC for Invasive Animals, Brisbane June 2006.
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Semi-Popular Articles

1. Shine, R. 1990. The broad-headed snake. Australian Natural History 23:442.
2. Shine, R., and M. Hutchinson. 1991. Charles Darwin in Tasmania. Australian Natural History 23:794-801 (Darwin's herpetological research in Australia).
3. Shine, R. 1992. The lizard of Oz. Australian Geographic 28:64-79 (frillneck lizard research).
4. Shine, R. 1993. Evolutionary biology. "Hot papers" section, The Scientist, 8 March 1993 (sperm competition and multiple mating by females).
5. Shine, R. 1994. Young lizards can be bearable. Natural History 103:34-39 (lizard viviparity research).
6. Shine, R. 1994. Rough character in the billabong. Australian Geographic 35:106-117 (acrochordid snake research).
7. Shine, R. 1996. Why scientists kill reptiles. Hawkesbury Herpetologist 10:20-22.
8. Shine, R. 1997. Not as black as it's painted. Australian Geographic 46:77-87. (elapid snake research).
9. Shine, R. 1997. The serpent world. Science 277:1945-1946 (review of the book "Snakes. The Evolution of Mystery in Nature" by H. W. Greene).
10. Shine, R. 1997. (Sections on pythons, filesnakes and reproductive biology of snakes). Pages 342-346, 349, 351 in Reader's Digest Encyclopedia of Australian Wildlife, Reader's Digest, Sydney.
11. Shine, R., and T. Madsen. 1998. A cold-blooded success story at Fogg Dam. Top Paddock 18:2-3. (article on python research in the Newsletter of the Northern Territory Dept. of Primary Industries and Fisheries).
12. Shine, R., and S. Shetty. 1999. Spotlight on sea snakes. Pasifika July 1999:1-3. (Newsletter of the Marine Studies Program, University of the South Pacific).
13. Shine, R. 2000. A Kansas Snake Community, by H. S. Fitch. Herpetological Review 31:122-123. (book review).
14. Shine, R. 2001. Snake. Microsoft ENCARTA CD ROM, Microsoft Corporation.
15. Shine, R., and R. T. Mason. 2001. Serpentine cross-dressers. Natural History 110:56-61.
16. Bonnet, X., S. D. Bradshaw, R. Shine, and P. T. Gregory. 2001. Vale - Hubert Saint Girons. Herpetological Review 32:9-10.
17. Shine, R.  2003.  Snakes of the United States and Canada, by Ernst and Ernst (book review). Times Literary Supplement 5242:27.
18. Shine, R.  2004.  Whitley Award presentation to Marion Anstis. Australian Zoologist 32:489-490.
19. Shine, R.  2004.  Significant Achievement Award presentation to Harold Cogger. Australian Zoologist 32:638-639.
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 Shine, R.  2005.  The Cane Toad.  The history and ecology of a successful colonist, by C. Lever [book review].  Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society of London, in press.
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 Shine, R.  2005.  Venomous Snakes of the World, by O'Shea (book review). Times Literary Supplement 5371(March 2006):26.
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 Shine, R.  2006.  Whitley Award review of G. Swan and S. Wilson, A Field Guide to the Reptiles of Australia.  Australian Zoologist 33:272-273.
23.
 Shine, R.  2006. Lonesome George: The Life and Loves of a Conservation Icon, by H. Nicholls [book review].  Nature 441:286-287.
24.
 Shine, R.  2007.  The greatest predator-prey interactions on Earth.  Man and the Biosphere 1:29.
25.
 Shine, R.  2007.  Toad kill.  Australasian Science 28:16-20.
26. Shine, R.  2007.  Cane toads: rapid evolution in an invading species.  Scios (Journal of the Science Teachers' Association of Western Australia) 43:24-25.
27. Shine, R.  2007.  Homalopsid Snakes: Evolution in the Mud, by J. C. Murphy [book review].  Quarterly Review of Biology, in press.
28. Shanbhag, B. A., S. K. Saidapur, and R. Shine.  2008.  Obituary - Rajkumar Shivappa Radder (1973-2008).  Herpetological Review 39:261-262.
29. Shine, R.  2008.  Who's afraid of the big bad toad?  Australian Research and Development Review July 2008:9.
30. Shine, R.  2008.  There's more than one way to get a mating.  Trends in Ecology and Evolution 23:661-662.
31. Pearson, D., J. K. Webb, E. Kruger and R. Shine.  2008.  The march of the cane toad.  Landscope (WA Dept of Conservation and the Environment), in press.
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