Cayo Cochino Pequeño (CCP) is a western Caribbean island with a surface area of only 0.64 km2 in the Cayos Cochinos Archipelago, Department of Islas de la Bahía, Honduras. It is relatively ecologically complex, with high...
Foraging behavior can have population-level effects that are of interest for wildlife management. For invasive species, foraging behavior has been tied to establishment ability and rate of spread and is generally of import in...
Boback, Scott M., and D. Mark Carpenter. Body Size and Head Shape of Island Boa constrictor in Belize: Environmental Versus Genetic Contributions. In Biology of the Boas and Pythons, edited by Robert W. Henderson and Robert...
Boback, Scott M. Body Size Evolution in Snakes: Evidence from Island Populations. Copeia 2003, no.1 (2003): 81-94., The current literature reports divergent conclusions on the patterns of body size change in island snakes. I...
Steffen, John E., Kyle M. Learn, Jonathan S. Drumheller, Scott M. Boback, and Kevin J. McGraw. "Carotenoid Composition of Colorful Body Stripes and Patches in the Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta) and Red-Eared Slider...
Boback, Scott M., Christian L. Cox, Brian D. Ott, Rachel Carmody, Richard W. Wrangham, and Stephen M. Secor. Cooking and Grinding Reduces the Cost of Meat Digestion. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular &...
For more information on the published version, visit The Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptile's Website., We describe here a device that allows a large number of venomous snakes to be transported and manipulated...
Boback, Scott M., Erik K. Dichter, and Hemlata L. Mistry. A Developmental Staging Series for the African House Snake, Boaedon (Lamprophis) fuliginosus. Zoology 115, no. 1 (2012): 38-46., Embryonic staging series are important...
Inclusion body disease (IBD) is an infectious disease originally described in captive snakes. It has traditionally been diagnosed by the presence of large eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusions and is associated with neurological,...
For more information on the published version, visit BioOne's Website., Cayo Cochino Pequeño is a 0.64-km Caribbean island in the Cayos Cochinos archipelago, Department of Islas de la Bahía, Honduras. One published report noted...
For more information on the published version, visit Cambridge University Press's Website., Studies of recently isolated populations are useful because observed differences can often be attributed to current environmental...
Reed, Robert N., and Scott M. Boback. Does Body Size Predict Dates of Species Description among North American and Australian Reptiles and Amphibians? Global Ecology and Biogeography 11, no.1 (2002): 41-48., Which factors...
Reed, Robert N., Scott M. Boback, Chad E. Montgomery, Stephen Green, Zoe Stevens, and Daniel Watson. "Ecology and Conservation of an Exploited Insular Population of Boa constrictor (Squamata: Biodae) on the Cayos Cochinos,...
For more information on the published version, visit Herpetological Conservation and Biology's Website., Koons, David N., Roger D. Birkhead, Scott M. Boback, Matthew I. Williams, and Matthew P. Greene. "The Effect of Body Size...
Boback, Scott M., and Craig Guyer. Empirical Evidence for an Optimal Body Size in Snakes. Evolution 57, no. 2 (2003): 345-351., For more information on the published version, visit Wiley's Website., and The concept of optimal...
Convergent evolution is often documented in organisms inhabiting isolated environments with distinct ecological conditions and similar selective regimes. Several Central America islands harbor dwarf Boa populations that are...
Since 2011 the Dickinson College Farm has been used as a living laboratory for student researchers, investigating organisms within an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) system. IPM is a technique used to control pest insects...
For more information on the published version, visit American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists's Website., Relative to mainland Boa constrictor , boas from islands off the coast of Belize aredescribed as being...
For more information on the published version, visit American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists's Website., Boback, Scott M. Natural History and Conservation of Island Boas (Boa constrictor) in Belize. Copeia 2005,...
Boa is a Neotropical genus of snakes historically recognized as monotypic despite its expansive distribution. The distinct morphological traits and color patterns exhibited by these snakes, together with the wide diversity of...