Behavioural variation in natural populations. V. Morphological correlates of locomotion in the garter snake (Thamnophis radix)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 175-190

  ARNOLD, STEVAN J ^a   BENNETT, ALBERT F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antipredator behaviour; burst speed; crawling performance; locomotion; scalation; static allometry; Thamnophis; vertebral numbers

Indexed keywords

GARTER SNAKE; LOCOMOTION; SNAKE;

THAMNOPHIS RADIX;

EID: 0024197121     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.1988.tb01955.x     Document Type: Article

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