Publications
King, R. B., and K. M. Stanford. 2006. Headstarting as a management tool: a case study of the Plains gartersnake. Herpetologica 62:283-292
King, R. B., J. M. Ray, and K. M. Stanford. 2006. Gorging on gobies: beneficial effects of alien prey on a threatened vertebrate. Canadian Journal of Zoology 84:108-115.
Ray, J. M., and R. B. King. 2006.
The temporal and spatial scale of microevolution: fine-scale color pattern
variation in the Lake Erie watersnake, Nerodia sipedon insularum. Evolutionary Ecology Research. 8:915-925.
King, R. B., J. H. Cline, and C. J. Hubbard. 2004.
Heritable variation in testosterone level s in male garter snakes (Thamnophis siralis).
Journal of Zoology (London ) 264:143-147.
Stanford, K.M., and R.B. King 2004. Growth, survival and reproduction in a
northern Illinois population of the Plains gartersnake, Thamnophis radix.
Copeia 2004:465-478.
King, R. B.2003. Mendelian inheritance of melanism in the garter snake
Thamnophis sirtalis. Herpetologica. 59:486-491.
Bittner, T. D., and R. B. King. 2003. Gene flow and melanism in
garter snakes revisited: a comparison of molecular markers and island vs. coalescent models.
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 79:389-399.
Bittner, T. D., R. B. King, and J. M. Kerfin. 2002.
Effects of body size and melanism on the thermal biology of garter snakes
(Thamnophis sirtalis).Copeia. 2002:477-482.
King, R. B. 2002. Family, sex, and testosterone effects on garter snake behaviour. Animal Behaviour.64:345-359.
King, R. B. 2002. Predicted and observed maximum prey size snake size allometry. Functional Ecology 16:766-772.
King, R. B., and R. Lawson. 2001. Patterns of population subdivision and
gene flow in three sympatric natricine snakes. Copeia 2001:602-614.
King, R. B., W.B. Milstead, H.L. Gibbs, M.R. Prosser, G.M. Burghardt, and G.F. McCracken.
2001 Application of microsatellite DNA markers to discriminate between maternal and
genetic effects on scalation and behavior in multiply-sired garter snake litters.
Canadian Journal of Zoology. 79:121-128.
King, R. B., J.H. Cline, and C.J. Hubbard. 2000. Age and litter effects on
testosterone levels in young water snakes. Copeia. 2000:593-596.
King, R. B. 2000. Analyzing the relationship between clutch size and female body size.
Journal of Herpetology 34:148-150.
King, R. B., T.D. Bittner, A. Queral-Regil, and J.H. Cline. 1999.
Sexual dimorphism in neonate and adult snakes. Journal of Zoology 247:19-28.
Queral-Regil, A., and R. B. King. 1998. Evidence for phenotypic plasticity
in snake body size and relative head dimensions in response to amount and size of prey.
Copeia 1998:423-429.
