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Travelers in Kansas in search of fine art needn't restrict
themselves to the state's many excellent museums. They need look no
further than the walls of their own communities to discover a
remarkable array of murals--artistic creations that are striking,
democratic, and easily accessible. Depicting Civil War history, the
fruits of agriculture, Kansas' diverse cultural roots, and much
more, these long-neglected works are now the subject of Lora Jost
and Dave Loewenstein's fine new book. Jost and Loewenstein, artists
themselves, have crisscrossed Kansas researching and documenting
over 600 murals to promote, preserve, and celebrate this vibrant
public art. Theirs is the first and only book devoted exclusively
to Kansas murals--a striking visual travelogue that offers a new
perspective on the state's culture and history. From unique
small-town creations like Dennis Burghart's The Saga of the Santa
Fe outside the Offerle Cafe to the world-famous John Steuart Curry
painting of John Brown in the state capitol, murals constitute an
enormous public art gallery. Some are socially compelling or were
once the focus of intense controversy. Many are group projects in
which artists have served as coordinators; these murals represent
true expressions of their communities. All show the state as it has
been seen through the eyes of Kansas artists over the past hundred
years. The authors focus on ninety exemplary murals-including
mosaics and friezes-organized by region and featuring full-color
photographs, brief descriptions, and notes on the artists. From
Sacred Heart Cathedral to the Early Childhood Center on the
Potawatomi Prairie Band Reservation, the artworks selected
represent some of the most enduring and powerful images to be found
throughout the state. The book also provides regional locator maps
for travelers and a list of all 600-plus murals with their
locations. A unique resource that attests to the rich diversity of
the mural tradition, this book is an open invitation to visit the
open-air museum of Kansas murals and appreciate the stories they
tell and their place in public life. They may be tucked into urban
landscapes or require travel to out-of-the way locales; some may
even be stained by years of exposure to the elements; but these
expressions of public art are there for the viewing-and now, thanks
to this book, there for the finding.
This profusely illustrated comprehensive key for identifying
amphibians and reptiles from the continental United States and
Canada incorporates a wealth of scientific findings. Since the
first edition was published in 1998 and the second in 2012, the
number of currently recognized species of native amphibians and
reptiles in the area covered by this key has increased from 545 to
634 to 685, and the number of established non-native species has
increased from 39 to 58 to 67. The increase in native taxa reflects
the dynamic nature of modern systematics and the use of new
(especially molecular) techniques to elucidate relationships and
redefine species boundaries. The increase in non-native species
reflects the porosity of the North American borders when it comes
to controlling animal imports. The key is easy to use and
illustrated with outstanding line drawings that show details of
color patterns and structures used for identification. To
accommodate the additional taxa, the number of line drawings in
this third edition has increased from 257 to 279 to 295. In
addition, nine maps illustrate the distributions of species that
have been recognized since the publication of maps in the most
recent editions of the Peterson Field Guides to the reptiles and
amphibians of eastern, central, and western North America. A large
number of annotations detail current taxonomic ambiguities or
disagreements and the literature cited has been expanded.
Collectively these features enhance opportunities to teach and
learn the classification and identification of amphibians and
reptiles in the continental United States and Canada.
This book, first published in 1993 and here reprinted with a new
foreword by the authors, is still the most comprehensive survey of
snake biology available in a single volume. Authoritative and
comprehensive in scope, this important book offers herpetologists,
biologists and others interested in the study of snakes a broad
survey of snake ecology and behavior, as well as extensive coverage
of the literature in bibliographic form. Featuring contributions by
leading experts, this definitive reference identifies current areas
of research in snake biology. It reports on exciting developments
in population genetics, neurobiology, functional morphology,
behavioral ecology, evolution, thermoregulation, foraging ecology,
sexual dimorphism and conservation strategies. "I strongly
recommend this book to anyone conducting or planning to conduct
research on snakes. It is certainly a must for any graduate student
designing a laboratory or field study on snakes." The Quarterly
Review of Biology "Anyone planning to study snake biology will
benefit from this book." Southwestern Herpetologists Society Dr.
Richard A. Seigel became interested in herpetology while an
undergraduate at Rutgers University, where he received his B.A. in
Zoology and Physiology in 1977. He continued his work with
amphibians and reptiles while getting his M.S. in Biological
Sciences from the University of Central Florida in 1979 and his
Ph.D. from the University of Kansas in 1984. He is currently Full
Professor and Chair of the Department of Biological Sciences at
Towson University in Maryland. Dr. Siegel's primary research
interests are in the population ecology and conservation biology of
amphibians and reptiles. He has published over 50 peer-reviewed
papers and has co-authored or edited four texts on the ecology and
biology of snakes. From 1993-2000, he was the Editor-in-Chief of
Journal of Herpetology, the largest international publication in
its field. Joseph T. Collins has written more than 200 articles on
reptiles, amphibians, and fishes throughout North America and
twenty-three books, including: Peterson Field Guide to Reptiles and
Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America Third Edition (with
Roger Conant), Amphibians and Reptiles in Kansas Third Edition(with
photographs by Suzanne L. Collins), Natural Kansas, An Illustrated
Guide to Endangered or Threatened Species in Kansas, (with Suzanne
L. Collins, Jerry Horak, Dan Mulhern, William H. Busby, Craig C.
Freeman, and Gary Wallace), A Key to Amphibians and Reptiles of the
Continental United States and Canada(with Robert Powell and Errol
D. Hooper, Jr.). In 1978, Collins served as president of the
Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (which he
co-founded in 1967), the leading international professional society
in that field, as president of the Kansas Association of Biology
Teachers (1980-1981) and as president of the Kansas Herpetological
Society. He was a distinguished delegate to the First World
Congress of Herpetology at Canterbury, England in 1989, and was
made a Distinguished Life Member of the Kansas Herpetological
Society in 1998. Joseph T. Collins is Adjunct Herpetologist for the
Kansas Biological Survey, Herpetologist Emeritus for the Natural
History Museum at The University of Kansas, Adjunct Curator of
Herpetology for the Sternberg Museum of Natural History at Fort
Hays State University, and Director of The Center for North
American Herpetology (a non-profit foundation).
This book, first published in 1987 and here reprinted with a new
foreword by the authors has become a classic in the field of
herpetology. In ecological and evolutionary research snakes occupy
a unique niche. Studies of their adaptations and life histories
have broad applications for the most basic questions in biology.
This book fills the need for an up-to-date text/reference in the
growing field of snake ecology and evolutionary biology. Here, in
one volume is an extensive review of the biology of these
fascinating reptiles, including topics such as zoogeography, fossil
history, systematics, foraging and reproduction. With contributions
from many leading herpetologists, the work is divided into sections
on Systematics and Morphology, Methods and Techniques and Life
History and Ecology. Each section summarizes what is known about
these major fields of snake biology. This book serves the needs of
those actively involved in research as well as the amateur
naturalist and the beginning student. Dr. Richard A. Seigel became
interested in herpetology while an undergraduate at Rutgers
University, where he received his B.A. in Zoology and Physiology in
1977. He continued his work with amphibians and reptiles while
getting his M.S. in Biological Sciences from the University of
Central Florida in 1979 and his Ph.D. from the University of Kansas
in 1984. He is currently Full Professor and Chair of the Department
of Biological Sciences at Towson University in Maryland. Dr.
Siegel's primary research interests are in the population ecology
and conservation biology of amphibians and reptiles. He has
published over 50 peer-reviewed papers and has co-authored or
edited four texts on the ecology and biology of snakes. From
1993-2000, he was the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of
Herpetology, the largest international publication in its field.
Joseph T. Collins has written more than 200 articles on reptiles,
amphibians, and fishes throughout North America and twenty-three
books, including: Peterson Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians
of Eastern and Central North America Third Edition (with Roger
Conant), Amphibians and Reptiles in Kansas Third Edition (with
photographs by Suzanne L. Collins), Natural Kansas, An Illustrated
Guide to Endangered or Threatened Species in Kansas, (with Suzanne
L. Collins, Jerry Horak, Dan Mulhern, William H. Busby, Craig C.
Freeman, and Gary Wallace), A Key to Amphibians and Reptiles of the
Continental United States and Canada (with Robert Powell and Errol
D. Hooper, Jr.). In 1978, Collins served as president of the
Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, the leading
international professional society in that field, as president of
the Kansas Association of Biology Teachers (1980-1981) and as
president of the Kansas Herpetological Society. He was a
distinguished delegate to the First World Congress of Herpetology
at Canterbury, England in 1989, and was made a Distinguished Life
Member of the Kansas Herpetological Society in 1998. Susan S.
Novak, a native of Chicago, has been a Lawrence, Kansas, resident
since 1986. Novak has been an editor of scientific/technical,
scholarly, and popular work for twenty years, working formerly as
the editor at the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory. She joined the
staff of the Kansas State Historical Society in 1993, where she has
since served as the managing editor of Kansas Heritage magazine and
the associate editor of Kansas History: A Journal of the Central
Plains, providing regular departments, main articles, photographs,
book reviews, and layout and design work.
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