Abundance and Biomass of Twelve Species of Snakes Native to Northeastern Kansas

摘要

The puiposes of this paper are to examine abundance and biomass estimates of the dozen most abundant snake species in our area of northeastern Kansas, and to relate these numbers to information reported in the literature. Hirth and King (1968) stated, "In spite of all the current interest in ecosystem ecology there is still a dearth of information concerning biomass densities of snakes in various habitats." Except for a few studies (e.g., Bonnet et al. 2002; Godley 1980; Hirth and King 1968; Reichenbach and Dalrymple 1986; Winne et al. 2005), the situation does not seem to have changed appreciably in the last 37 years.