Individual success in mating balls of the grass snake, Natrix natrix: Size is important

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 239, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 731-740

  Luiselli, Luca ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NATRIX NATRIX;

GRASS SNAKE; MATING BALL;

EID: 0029662617     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1996.tb05474.x     Document Type: Article

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