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Editors

Robert Powell
Executive Editor 
Avila University, Kansas City, MO

AJ Gutman
Editor
West Hartford, CT

Gad Perry
Associate Editor
Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX

Michael Ripca
Art Director
Atco, NJ

John Binns
Graphics/Photography
International Reptile Conservation
Foundation, San Jose, CA

Sandy Binns
Services Coordinator
International Reptile Conservation
Foundation, San Jose, CA

Editorial Board

Allison C. Alberts
Zoological Society of San Diego

Frederic J. Burton
Blue Iguana Recovery Program

Arthur C. Echternacht
University of Tennessee

L. Lee Grismer
La Sierra University

Robert W. Henderson
Milwaukee Public Museum

John B. Iverson
Earlham College

Charles R. Knapp
Zoological Society of San Diego

Gunther Köhler
Senckenberg Museum

Kenneth L. Krysko
Florida State Museum of 
Natural History

Jan Ramer
Indianapolis Zoo

Thomas Wiewandt
Wild Horizons

Statement of Purpose
The International Reptile Conservation Foundation works to conserve reptiles and
the natural habitats and ecosystems that support them.

The International Reptile Conservation Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit 501 c(3) California corporation.

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Solicitations
The IRCF encourages contribution of articles, letters to the Editor, news items, and announcements for publication
in IGUANA. General articles can deal with any aspect of reptilian biology, including conservation, behavior, ecology,
physiology, systematics, or husbandry. Submission of photographs to accompany articles is encouraged. Manuscripts
may be submitted via e-mail (send to AJ@IRCF.org).  Authors of one page or more of print will receive a free copy
of the journal in which their contribution appears, and will receive a PDF file of their article for distribution.

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IGUANA Copyright ©2006 by The International Reptile Conservation Foundation, 3010 Magnum Drive, San Jose, CA 95135 USA. ISSN # 1098-6324. The contents of IGUANA, excluding Research
Articles, Research Updates, and reprinted articles, may be reproduced for inclusion in the newsletters of other herpetological societies, provided the material is reproduced without change and with appro-
priate credits, and a copy of the publication is sent to The International Reptile Conservation Foundation. Occasional exceptions may be made to this policy.

Editors’ Remarks
The Need for Collaboration

During World War II, “collaboration” came to mean something very negative: Helping the occupying Nazis admin-
ister their reign of death. In science, too, the word used to have uncomfortable implications. Scientists were expected
to be loners, working by themselves in glorious isolation to reduce distraction and intellectual pollution. Today, how-
ever, the pejorative meaning of the word is becoming less and less common. In science, collaboration is now typi-
cally seen as an essential component of successful research.

What has changed is the complexity of the projects with which we are dealing and the amount of knowledge
needed to address each element. For example, zoos once dealt only with housing animals. Then, zoo personnel had
to learn to breed them, which required an improved understanding of nutrition and behavior. In addition, modern
zoo work involves endocrinologists, who monitor and interpret hormone levels, and veterinarians, who focus on
health. In the meantime, however, we’ve noticed that breeding animals in captivity is a hollow success, unless a nat-
ural habitat remains to which they can be returned. Enter a team of experts who study the animal in the wild and
work to protect its environment. Consequently, modern zoos employ biologists of all kinds, but also rely on policy
experts, lawyers, bankers, landowners, and, to make the public understand why this is all happening, a cadre of edu-
cation experts. Each person is essential for a successful conservation project.

Several stories in this issue show the importance of collaboration. When the Iguana Specialist Group met 
(p. 278), reports from various perspectives enhanced iguana conservation. Similarly, the Horned Lizard Working
Group (p. 296) brought together people from diverse disciplines. Also, one of our articles is authored by two biol-
ogists and a landscape architect (p. 272), who worked in collaboration with private landowners to prevent the arrival
of invasive species on a Caribbean island.

Rather than dilute scientific expertise, as people originally feared, collaborations foster better research and con-
servation. Teams of experts working together toward a single goal bring a diversity of tools, experiences, and thought
processes to bear on the problem, often resulting in solutions no one scientist could have conceived. We are pleased
to see abundant evidence of collaboration on the pages of Iguana.

IRCF
International Reptile Conservation Foundation




