'Heaven' for serpents? A mark-recapture study of tiger snakes (Notechis scutatus) on Carnac Island, Western Australia

Austral Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 442-450

  Bonnet, Xavier ^a,b   Pearson, David ^c   Ladyman, Mitchell ^b   Lourdais, Olivier ^a,d   Bradshaw, Don ^b  

^a CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Dept of Conserv and Land Mgmt ^*  (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Catchability; Island; Mark recapture; Notechis; Population estimate; Snake

Indexed keywords

DIET; GROWTH RATE; ISLAND; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SEX RATIO; SNAKE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CARNAC ISLAND; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; NOTECHIS; NOTECHIS SCUTATUS; PANTHERA TIGRIS; SERPENTES; SPILOTES PULLATUS PULLATUS;

EID: 0013119913     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2002.01198.x     Document Type: Article

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