Publications
​*Undergraduate Mentee

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​2025​

1. Francioli, Y.Z., J.M. Bernstein, R.H. Adams, H.D. Guss, D.R. Schield, S.N. Smith, S.S. Gopalan, D.W. Maag, J.M. Meik, T. Jezkova, J.P. Demuth, R.W. Clark, S.P. Mackessy, Z. Gompert, T.A. Castoe. 2025. Estimation of genome-wide coupling in rattlesnake hybrids provides insight into the process of speciation and its progress. Nature Communications 16:10242. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-65457-w

2. Maag, D.W., R.J. Hanscom, C.G. Fischer, V.P. Marcantonio, E.C. McAndrews, K.L. Kabat, J.L. Hill, and R.W. Clark. 2025. Spatial Ecology of North American Pitvipers (Viperidae: Crotalinae): a Review and Meta-Analysis. Herpetological Monographs 39: 35–55. https://doi.org/10.1655/0733-1347-39.1.3

3. Maag, D.W., Y.Z. Francioli, *M. Goetz, *L.N. Sanders, *X. Lopez, T.A. Castoe, G.W. Schuett, R.W. Clark. 2025. Variation in defensive and exploratory behaviors across a rattlesnake (Crotalus scutulatus × viridis) hybrid zone in southwestern New Mexico. Scientific Reports 15:11989. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-96155-8

 

​2024

1. Maag, D.W., Y.Z. Francioli, T.A. Castoe, G.W. Schuett, R.W. Clark. 2024. The spatial ecology of Mojave rattlesnakes (Crotalus scutulatus), prairie rattlesnakes (Crotalus viridis), and their hybrids in southwestern New Mexico. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society blae037. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blae037

 

2023

1. Maag, D. W., Y.Z. Francioli, *N. Shaw, *A.Y. Soni, T.A. Castoe, G.W. Schuett, R.W. Clark. 2023. Hunting behavior and feeding ecology of Mojave rattlesnakes (Crotalus scutulatus), prairie rattlesnakes (Crotalus viridis), and their hybrids in southwestern New Mexico. Ecology and Evolution 13:e10683. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10683

2. Maag, D.W., G.W. Schuett, and R.W. Clark. 2023. CROTALUS SCUTULATUS (Mojave Rattlesnake). REPRODUCTION and SEXUAL RECEPTIVITY. Herpetological Review 54(1):133.

3. Maag, D.W., and B.D. Greene. 2023. Sexual size monomorphism of a Pygmy Rattlesnake (Sistrurus miliarius) population in southwestern Missouri. Amphibia-Reptilia 44:103–105. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685381-bja10122

 

2022

1. Maag, D.W., and R.W. Clark. 2022. Safety in coils: predation rates of ambush hunting rattlesnakes are extremely low. Amphibia-Reptilia 43:425–430. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685381-bja10101

2. Maag, D.W., S.P. Maher, and B.D. Greene. 2022. Spatial ecology and microhabitat Selection of the Pygmy Rattlesnake (Sistrurus miliarius) in southwestern Missouri. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 17(2):316–330.

3. *Gibert, R.G., D.W. Maag, *L.N. Sanders, and R.W. Clark. 2022. Investigating personality in vipers: individual rattlesnakes exhibit consistent behavioral responses in defensive and exploratory contexts. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 76:132. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-022-03239-w