The Embeddedness of a North American Snake in the Wildlife Pet Trade and the Production of Assemblage Biogeographies

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 417-436

  Stallins, J Anthony ^a   Kelley, Lauren ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

assemblage; evolution; pets; reptiles; scale; wildlife trade

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BOOTSTRAPPING; COMMERCIALIZATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EVOLUTION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; SNAKE; TAXONOMY; TRADE-OFF; VIABILITY; HUMAN GEOGRAPHY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NATURE CONSERVATION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES CONSERVATION; WILD POPULATION;

NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; HETERODON; HETERODON NASICUS; REPTILIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 84876426388     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2013.765770     Document Type: Article

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