Foraging Ecology Of The Mangrove Salt Marsh Snake, Nerodia Clarkii Compressicauda: Effects Of Vegetational Density

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 167-175

  Mullin, Stephen J ^a,c   Mushinsky, Henry R ^b  

^a Department of Biology ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; MANGROVE SALTMARSH SNAKE; OPPORTUNISM; ROOT DENSITY;

NERODIA CLARKII COMPRESSICAUDA; RHIZOPHORA MANGLE;

EID: 0029474031     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853895X00343     Document Type: Article

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