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Davis, J., E. N. Taylor, and D. F. DeNardo. In press. An automated temperature-based option for estimating surface activity and refuge use patterns in free-ranging animals. Journal of Arid Environments.

Taylor, E. N. and D. F. DeNardo. In press. Proximate determinants of sexual size dimorphism in the Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox). In: W. K. Hayes, K. R. Beaman, M. D. Cardwell, and S. P. Bush (eds.) Biology of Rattlesnakes. Loma Linda Press, Loma Linda, California.

John-Alder, H. B., R. M. Cox, and E. N. Taylor (2007) Proximate developmental mediators of sexual dimorphism in size: case studies from squamate reptiles. Integrative and Comparative Biology.

Taylor, E. N., Malawy, M. A., Browning, D. M., Lemar, S. V., and DeNardo, D. F. (2005) Effects of food supplementation on the physiological ecology of female western diamond-backed rattlesnakes (Crotalus atrox). Oecologia 144:206-213.

•Taylor, E. N., and DeNardo, D. F. (2005) Sexual size dimorphism and growth plasticity in snakes: an experiment on the Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox). Journal of Experimental Zoology 303A:598-607.

•Taylor, E. N., and DeNardo, D. F. (2005) Reproductive ecology of Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnakes (Crotalus atrox) in the Sonoran Desert. Copeia 2005:152-158.

•Schuett, G. W., E. N. Taylor , E. A. Van Kirk, and W. J. Murdoch (2004) Handling stress and plasma corticosterone levels in captive male Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnakes (Crotalus atrox). Herpetological Review 35:229-233.

Taylor, E. N. , D. F. DeNardo, and D. H. Jennings (2004) Seasonal steroid hormone levels and their relation to reproduction in the Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake, Crotalus atrox (Serpentes: Viperidae). General and Comparative Endocrinology 136:328-337.

Taylor, E. N. , D. F. DeNardo, and M. A. Malawy (2004) A comparison between point- and semi-continuous sampling for assessing body temperature in a free-ranging ectotherm. Journal of Thermal Biology 29:91-96.

•Taylor, E. N. and G. W. Schuett (2004) Effects of temperature and storage duration on the stability of steroid hormones in blood samples from Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnakes. Herpetological Review 35:14-17.

Lourdais, O., X. Bonnet, R. Shine and E. N. Taylor (2003) When does a reproducing female viper (Vipera aspis) "decide" on her litter size? Journal of Zoology London 259:123-129.

•Taylor, E. N. (2001) Diet of the Baja California rattlesnake, Crotalus enyo (Viperidae). Copeia 2001:552-554


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