Selected Publications from the
Mullin Lab Group
Mullin Lab Group
2020 – present
- Yates, JR, D McBride, SF Harding, D Rodriguez & SJ Mullin. 2023. Changes in the community composition of riverine snakes (Squamata: Serpentes) over five decades. Herpetological Conservation & Biology 18:326-336.
- Field, EK, J Terry, AM Hartzheim, K Kracjir, SJ Mullin & LA Neuman-Lee. 2023. Investigating relationships among stress, reproduction, and immunity among three species of watersnakes. General & Comparative Endocrinology 343:114350; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2023.114350
- Durso, AM, TJ Kieran, TC Glenn & SJ Mullin. 2022. Comparison of three methods for measuring dietary composition of Plains Hog-nosed Snakes. Herpetologica 78:119-132.
- Harding, SF, CG Becker, JR Yates, P Crump, MRJ Forstner, SJ Mullin & D Rodriguez. 2022. Comparative host-pathogen associations of snake fungal disease in sympatric species of watersnakes (Nerodia). Scientific Reports 12:12303; doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-16664-8
2015 – 2019
- DeGregorio, BA, G Blouin-Demers, GLF Carfagno, JW Gibbons, SJ Mullin, JH Sperry, JD Willson, K Wray & PJ Weatherhead. 2018. Geographic variation in body size and sexual size dimorphism of North American Ratsnakes (Pantherophis spp. s.l.). Canadian Journal of Zoology 96:1196-1202; doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2018-0005 (.pdf)
- Lecq, S, A Loisel, SJ Mullin & X Bonnet. 2018. Manipulating hedgerow quality: Embankment size influences animal biodiversity in a peri-urban context. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 35:1-7; doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2018.08.002 (.pdf)
- Bois, JM & SJ Mullin. 2017. Dinosaur nest ecology and predation during the Late Cretaceous: Was there a relationship between upper Cretaceous extinction and nesting behavior? Historical Biology 29:976-986; doi:10.1080/08912963.2016.1277423 (.pdf)
- Lecq, S, A Loisel, F Brischoux, SJ Mullin & X Bonnet. 2017. Importance of ground refuges for the biodiversity in agricultural hedgerows. Ecological Indicators 72:615-626; doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.08.032 (.pdf)
- Durso, AM & SJ Mullin. 2016. Ontogenetic shifts in the diet of Plains Hog-nosed Snakes (Heterodon nasicus) revealed by stable isotope analysis. Zoology 120:83-91. doi:10.1016/j.zool.2016.07.004. (.pdf)
- Mullin, SJ. 2016. Experimental applications. Pp. 317-336 in Reptile Ecology & Conservation: A Handbook of Techniques (ed. CK Dodd, Jr.). Oxford University Press, UK.
- Bonnet, X, S Lecq, JL Lassay, JM Ballouard, C Barbraud, J Souchet, SJ Mullin & G Provost. 2016. Forest management bolsters native snake populations in urban parks. Biological Conservation 193:1-8; doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2015.11.001 (.pdf)
- Ballouard, J-M, SJ Mullin, et al. 2015. Factors influencing school children’s responses to a questionnaire in wildlife conservation education. International Journal of Science Education 37:469-483; doi: 10.1080/09500693.2014.993000 (.pdf)
2010 - 2014
- Sever, DM, SJ Mullin & R Powell. 2014. Herpetological research at primarily undergraduate universities. Herpetological Review 45:409-413. (.pdf)
- Durso, AM & SJ Mullin. 2014. Intrinsic and extrinsic factors influence expression of defensive behavior in Plains Hog-nosed Snakes (Heterodon nasicus). Ethology 120:140-148; doi: 10.1111/eth.12188 (.pdf)
- Neuman-Lee, LA, KF Gaines, KA Baumgartner, JM Voorhees, JM Novak & SJ Mullin. 2014. Assessing holistic effects of atrazine ingestion on gravid Northern Watersnakes (Nerodia sipedon) and their offspring. Environmental Toxicology 29:1072-1082; doi: 10.1002/tox.21837 (.pdf)
- Neuman-Lee, LA, AM Durso, NM Kiriazis, MJ Olds & SJ Mullin. 2013. Differential habitat use by Common Watersnakes (Nerodia sipedon). IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 20:166-171. (.pdf)
2005 – 2009
- Mullin, SJ & S Klueh. 2009. Demographics of a geographically-isolated population of threatened salamander (Caudata: Ambystomatidae) in central Illinois. Herpetological Conservation & Biology 4:161-169. (.pdf)
- Mullin, SJ & RA Seigel (eds.). 2009. Snakes: Ecology & Conservation Biology. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
- Foster, CD, S Klueh & SJ Mullin. 2009. Thermoregulation of male Elaphe spiloides in an agriculturally-fragmented forest in Illinois. Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Sciences 102:65-70. (.pdf)
- Foster, CD & SJ Mullin. 2008. Speed and endurance of Thamnophis hammondii are not affected by consuming the toxic frog Xenopus laevis. Southwestern Naturalist 53:370-373. (.pdf)
- Walston, LJ & SJ Mullin. 2008. Variation in surrounding forest habitat influences the initial orientation of juvenile amphibians emigrating from breeding ponds. Canadian Journal of Zoology 86:141-146. (.pdf)
- Foster, CD & SJ Mullin. 2007. Updated and new amphibian and reptile records from Clark County, Illinois. Herpetological Review 38:238-239.
- Walston, LJ & SJ Mullin. 2007. Responses of a pond-breeding amphibian community to the experimental removal of predatory fish. American Midland Naturalist 157:63-73. (.pdf)
- Walston, LJ & SJ Mullin. 2007. Population responses of wood frog (Rana sylvatica) tadpoles to overwintered bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) tadpoles. Journal of Herpetology 41:24-31. (.pdf)
- Flitz, B & SJ Mullin. 2006. Nest-site selection in the eastern box turtle, Terrapene carolina carolina, in Illinois. Chelonian Conservation Biology 5:309-312. (.pdf)
- Florey, J & SJ Mullin. 2005. A survey of anuran breeding activity in Illinois, 1986-1989. Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Sciences 98:39-47.
- Walston, LJ & SJ Mullin. 2005. Evaluation of a new method for measuring salamanders. Herpetological Review 36:290-292. (.pdf)
2000 – 2004 (Top of page)
- Forsythe, P, B Flitz & SJ Mullin. 2004. Radio telemetry and post-emergent habitat selection of neonate box turtles (Emydidae: Terrapene carolina) in central Illinois. Herpetological Review 35:333-335. (.pdf)
- Mullin, SJ, JB Towey & RA Szafoni. 2004. Using Rotenone to enhance native amphibian breeding habitat in ponds (Illinois). Ecological Restoration 22:305-306. (.pdf)
- Mullin, SJ, H Imbert, JM Fish, EL Ervin & RN Fisher. 2004. Snake (Colubridae: Thamnophis) predatory responses to chemical cues from native and introduced prey species. Southwestern Naturalist 49:449-456. (.pdf)
- Mullin, SJ & RJ Cooper. 2002. Barking up the wrong tree: Climbing performance of rat snakes and its implications for depredation of avian nests. Canadian Journal of Zoology 80:591-595. (.pdf)
- Mullin, SJ & RJ Cooper. 2000. The foraging ecology of the gray rat snake (Elaphe obsoleta spiloides). II. Influence of variable habitat structural complexity on snakes foraging for arboreal avian prey. Amphibia-Reptilia 21:211-222. (.pdf)
- Mullin, SJ, WHN Gutzke, GD Zenitsky & RJ Cooper. 2000. Home ranges of rat snakes (Colubridæ : Elaphe) in different habitats. Herpetological Review 31:20-22. (.pdf)
from the previous millenium (Top of page)
- Mullin, SJ. 1999. Caudal distraction by rat snakes (Colubridæ, Elaphe): A novel behavior used when capturing mammalian prey. Great Basin Naturalist 59:361-367. (.pdf)
- Mullin, SJ &WHN Gutzke. 1999. The foraging ecology of the gray rat snake (Elaphe obsoleta spiloides). I. Influence of variable habitat structural complexity on snakes foraging for terrestrial mammalian prey. Herpetologica 55:18-28. (.pdf)
- Cooper, RJ, RR Wilson, GD Zenitsky, SJ Mullin, JA DeCecco, MR Marshall, DJ Wolf & L.Y. Pomara. 1999. Does nonrandom nest placement imply nonrandom nest predation? A reply. Condor 101:920-923. (.pdf)
- Mullin, SJ. 1998. Inter- and intra-specific interaction rates of three species of lemurs (Subfamily Lemurinæ) in an enclosure at the Memphis Zoo and Aquarium. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Sciences 73:77-81.
- Mullin, SJ & RJ Cooper. 1998. The foraging ecology of the snake Elaphe obsoleta spiloides: Visual stimuli facilitate location of arboreal prey. American Midland Naturalist 140:397-401. (.pdf)
- Mullin, SJ, RJ Cooper & WHN Gutzke. 1998. The foraging ecology of the gray rat snake (Elaphe obsoleta spiloides). III. Searching for different prey types in structurally varied habitats. Canadian Journal of Zoology 76:548-555.
- Mullin, SJ & HR Mushinsky. 1997. Use of experimental enclosures to examine foraging success in water snakes: A case study. Journal of Herpetology 31:565-569. (.pdf)
- Mullin, SJ. 1996. Adaptations facilitating facultative oophagy in the gray rat snake, Elaphe obsoleta spiloides. Amphibia-Reptilia 17:387-394.
- Mullin, SJ. 1995. Estuarine fish populations among red mangrove prop roots of small overwash islands. Wetlands 15:324-329. (.pdf)
- Mullin, SJ & HR Mushinsky. 1995. Foraging ecology of the mangrove salt marsh snake, Nerodia clarkii compressicauda: Effects of vegetational density. Amphibia-Reptilia 16:167-175. (.pdf)
- Mullin, SJ. 1994. Life history characteristics of Nerodia clarkii compressicauda at Placido Bayou, Florida. Journal of Herpetology 28:371-374. (.pdf)