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List of works by Rulon W Clark

Activity cycles and foraging behaviors of free-ranging sidewinder rattlesnakes (Crotalus cerastes): the ontogeny of hunting in a precocial vertebrate.

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Aposematic coloration of prey enhances memory retention in an agamid lizard

scientific article published in 2020

Avoiding the serpent's tooth: predator–prey interactions between free-ranging sidewinder rattlesnakes and desert kangaroo rats

scientific article published in 2017

Behavioral thermal tolerances of free-ranging rattlesnakes (Crotalus oreganus) during the summer foraging season

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Black Bear Reactions to Venomous and Non-venomous Snakes in Eastern North America

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Changes in capture rates and body size among vertebrate species occupying an insular urban habitat reserve

scientific article published on 29 June 2020

Cooler snakes respond more strongly to infrared stimuli, but we have no idea why

scientific article published on 05 September 2018

Correction to: Male energy reserves, mate-searching activities, and reproductive success: alternative resource use strategies in a presumed capital breeder

scientific article published on 13 October 2020

Cryptic sociality in rattlesnakes ( Crotalus horridus ) detected by kinship analysis

scientific article published on February 22, 2012

Determinants of predation success: How to survive an attack from a rattlesnake

scientific article published in 2019

Do free-ranging rattlesnakes use thermal cues to evaluate prey?

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Feeding Experience Modifies the Assessment of Ambush Sites by the Timber Rattlesnake, a Sit-and-Wait Predator

scientific article published in 2004

Fine-scale hormonal patterns associated with birth and maternal care in the cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus), a North American pitviper snake

scientific article published on 27 August 2014

Fixed Videography to Study Predation Behavior of an Ambush Foraging Snake, Crotalus Horridus

scientific article published in May 2006

Foraging and scavenging behaviour of the prairie rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis): no evidence that envenomation cues facilitate kleptoparasitism of struck prey

scientific article published in 2021

Ground squirrel tail-flag displays alter both predatory strike and ambush site selection behaviours of rattlesnakes.

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Habitat Manipulation in Hunting Rattlesnakes (CrotalusSpecies)

scientific article published in December 2015

How to Stick the Landing: Kangaroo Rats Use Their Tails to Reorient during Evasive Jumps Away from Predators

scientific article published in 2021

Infrared-sensing snakes select ambush orientation based on thermal backgrounds

scientific article published on 08 March 2019

Integrating individual behaviour and landscape genetics: the population structure of timber rattlesnake hibernacula

scientific article published on 19 November 2007

Investigating personality in vipers: individual rattlesnakes exhibit consistent behavioral responses in defensive and exploratory contexts

scientific article published in 2022

Kangaroo rats change temperature when investigating rattlesnake predators

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Kin recognition in rattlesnakes

scientific article published on 01 May 2004

Know Thine Enemy: Predator Identity Influences the Response of Western Banded Geckos (Coleonyx variegatus) to Chemosensory Cues

scientific article published in 2020

Male energy reserves, mate-searching activities, and reproductive success: alternative resource use strategies in a presumed capital breeder

scientific article published on 15 September 2020

Managing predators: The influence of kangaroo rat antipredator displays on sidewinder rattlesnake hunting behavior

scientific article published in 2019

Mating systems, reproductive success, and sexual selection in secretive species: a case study of the western diamond-backed rattlesnake, Crotalus atrox

scientific article published in 2014

No evidence of male-biased sexual selection in a snake with conventional Darwinian sex roles

scientific article published on 07 October 2020

Phenotypic and functional variation in venom and venom resistance of two sympatric rattlesnakes and their prey

scientific article published in 2021

Physiological Stress Integrates Resistance to Rattlesnake Venom and the Onset of Risky Foraging in California Ground Squirrels

scientific article published on 27 September 2020

Pit viper thermography: the pit organ used by crotaline snakes to detect thermal contrast has poor spatial resolution

scientific article published in 2022

Post-Strike Behavior of Timber Rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus) During Natural Predation Events

scientific article published in 2006

Post-birth separation affects the affiliative behaviour of kin in a pitviper with maternal attendance

scientific article published on 6 July 2015

Rattlesnakes are extremely fast and variable when striking at kangaroo rats in nature: Three-dimensional high-speed kinematics at night.

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Recent encounters with rattlesnakes enhance ground squirrel responsiveness to predator cues

scientific article published in 2017

Response of vegetation and carbon fluxes to brown lemming herbivory in northern Alaska

scientific article published in 2022

Roads, interrupted dispersal, and genetic diversity in timber rattlesnakes

scientific article published on 11 February 2010

Safety in coils: predation rates of ambush hunting rattlesnakes are extremely low

scientific article published in 2022

Shaking things up: the unique feeding behaviour of western banded geckos when consuming scorpions

scientific article published in 2022

Students unite to create State of the Planet course

scientific article published in June 2007

Surf and turf: predation by egg-eating snakes has led to the evolution of parental care in a terrestrial lizard

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The Foraging Behavior of Free-ranging Rattlesnakes (Crotalus oreganus) in California Ground Squirrel (Otospermophilus beecheyi) Colonies

scientific article published in March 2016

The Use of Chemical Cues by Granite Night Lizards (Xantusia henshawi) to Evaluate Potential Predation Risk

scientific article published in December 2016

The effects of temperature on the defensive strikes of rattlesnakes

scientific article published on 19 June 2020

The fear of unseen predators: ground squirrel tail flagging in the absence of snakes signals vigilance

article by Breanna J. Putman & Rulon W. Clark published 9 October 2014 in Behavioral Ecology

Timber rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus) use chemical cues to select ambush sites

scientific article published in March 2004