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Wusterbarth, T.L., R.B. King, M.R. Duvall, W.S. Grayburn, and G.M. Burghardt. 2010. Phylogenetically widespread multiple paternity in New World natricine snakes. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 5:86-93.
King, R. B. 2009. Population and conservation genetics. In S. Mullin and R. A. Seigel, Snakes: Ecology and Conservation Biology. Cornell University Press. Pp. 78-122.
Sacerdote, A. B., and R. B. King. 2009. Dissolved oxygen requirements for hatching success of two ambystomatid salamanders in restored ephemeral ponds. Wetlands 29. In press.
King, R. B., R. Jadin, M. Grue, and H. D. Walley. 2009. Behavioural correlates with hemipenis morphology in New World natricine snakes. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 98:110-120. Supporting Materials.
Jones, P. C., R. B. King, K. M. Stanford, T. D. Lawson, and M. Thomas. 2009. Frequent consumption and rapid digestion and prey by the Lake Erie watersnake with implications for an invasive prey species. Copeia 2009:437-445.
King, R. B., K. M. Stanford, and J. M. Ray. 2008. Reproductive consequences of a changing prey base in island watersnakes (reptilia: colubridae). South American Journal of Herpetology. 3:155-161.
Fernie, K. J., R. B. King, K. G. Drouillard, and K. M. Stanford. 2008. Temporal and spatial patterns of contaminants in Lake Erie watersnakes (Nerodia sipedon insularum) before and after the round goby (Apollonia melanostoma) invasion. Science of the Total Environment 406:344-351.
Placyk, J. S., Jr., G. M. Burghardt, R. L. Small, R. B. King, G. S. Casper, and J. W. Robinson. 2007. Post-glacial recolonization of the Great Lakes region by the common gartersnake (Thamnophis sirtalis) inferred from mtDNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 43:452-467.
King, R. B., A. Queral-Regil, and K. M. Stanford. 2006. Population size and recovery criteria of the threatened Lake Erie watersnake: Integrating multiple methods of population estimation.
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.
Stanford, K.M., and R.B. King 2004. Growth, survival and reproduction in a northern Illinois population of the Plains gartersnake, Thamnophis radix.
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., 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., and R. Lawson. 2001. Patterns of population subdivision and gene flow in three sympatric natricine snakes. Copeia 2001:602-614.
King, R. B., and M.J. Oldham. 2001. Lake Erie amphibians and reptiles: history, current status, and future trends. In J.J.H. Ciborowski, M.N. Charlton, R. Kreis, and J. Reutter (eds). Lake Erie at the Millennium - Changes, Trends, and Trajectories. Canadian Scholars' Press. In press.
King, R. B. 2000. Lake Erie water snake. In A. Tennant and R. D. Bartlett (eds.). Snakes of North America: Eastern and Central Regions. Gulf Publishing Company. Pp. 129-131 and plates 63a - b.
King, R. B. 2000. Analyzing the relationship between clutch size and female body size. Journal of Herpetology 34:148-150.
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., T.D. Bittner, A. Queral-Regil, and J.H. Cline. 1999. Sexual dimorphism in neonate and adult snakes. Journal of Zoology 247:19-28.
King, R. B., Queral-Regil, A., Bittner, T. D., Kerfin, J. M., and Hageman, J. 1999 Nerodia sipedon insularum (Lake Erie water snake). Diet. Herpetological Review. 30:169-170.
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.
King, R. B. and R. Lawson. 1997. Microevolution in island water snakes. BioScience 47:279-286.
King, R. B., M. J. Oldham, W. F. Weller and D. Wynn. 1997. Historic and current amphibian and reptile distributions in the island region of western Lake Erie. American Midland Naturalist 138:153-173.
King, R. B. and J. R. Turmo. 1997. The effects of ecdysis on feeding frequency and behavior of the common garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis). Journal of Herpetology 31:310-312.
King. R. B. 1997. Variation in brown snake (Storeia dekayi)morphology and scalation: sex, family, and microgeographic differences. J. Herpetology 31:335-346.
King, R. B. and R. Lawson. 1996. Sex-linked inheritance of fumarate hydratase alleles in natricine snakes. Journal of Heredity 87:81-83.
Lawson, R. and R. B. King. 1996. Gene flow and melanism in Lake Erie garter snake populations. Biological Journal of Linnean Society 59:1-19.
King, R. B. and R. Lawson. 1995. Color pattern variation in Lake Erie water snakes: the role of gene flow. Evolution 49:885-896.
King, B. H. and R. B. King. 1995. Sibmating and its fitness consequences in the parasitoid wasp Spalangia cameroni (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae). Journal of Insect Behavior 8:723-730.
King, R. B., S. Hauff, and J. B. Phillips. 1994. Physiological color change in the green treefrog: effects of background brightness and temperature. Copeia 1994:422-432.
King, B. H. and R. B. King. 1994. Sex ratio manipulation in response to host size in the parasitoid wasp Spalangia cameroni: is it adaptive? Behavioral Ecology 5:448-454.
King, R. B. 1993. Microgeographic, historical, and size-correlated variation in water snake diet composition. Journal of Herpetology 27:175-185.
King, R. B. 1993. Determinants of offspring number and size in the brown snake, Storeria dekayi. Journal of Herpetology 27:175-185.
King, R. B., J. B. Phillips, and C. L. Baube. 1993. Scotopic spectral sensitivity of the optomotor response in the green treefrog Hyla cinerea. Journal of Experimental Zoology 267:40-46.
King, R. B. 1993. Color pattern variation in Lake Erie water snakes: inheritance. Canadian Journal of Zoology 71:1985-1990.
King, R. B. 1993. Color pattern variation in Lake Erie water snakes: prediction and measurement of natural selection. Evolution 47:1819-1833.
King, R. B. 1992. Lake Erie water snakes revisited: morph and age specific variation in relative crypsis. Evolutionary Ecology 6:115-124.
King, R. B. and B. H. King. 1991. Sexual differences in color and color change in woodfrogs. Canadian Journal of Zoology 69:1963-1968.
King, R. B. 1989. Body size variation among island and mainland snake populations. Herpetologica. 45:84-88.
King, R. B. 1989. Sexual dimorphism in snake tail length: sexual selection, natural selection, or morphological constraint? Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 38:133- 154.
King, R. B. 1989. Lake Erie water snake (Nerodia sipedon insularum). In W. F. Weller and M. J. Oldham (eds.). Ontario Herpetofaunal Summary 1986. Ontario Field Herpetologists.
King, R. B. 1988. Biogeography of reptiles on islands in Lake Erie. In J. Downhower (ed.). The Biogeography of the Island Region of Western Lake Erie. Ohio State University Press, Columbus, Ohio, pp 125-133.
King, R. B. 1988. Polymorphic populations of the garter snake Thamnophis sirtalis near Lake Erie. Herpetologica 44:451-458.
King, R. B. 1987. Reptile distributions on islands in Lake Erie. Journal of Herpetology 21:65-67.
King, R. B. 1987. Color pattern polymorphism in the Lake Erie water snake, Nerodia sipedon insularum. Evolution 41:241-255.
King, R. B. 1986. Population ecology of the Lake Erie water snake, Nerodia sipedon insularum. Copeia 1986:757-772.