Head lifting by female copperheads, Agkistrodon contortrix, during courtship: Potential mate choice

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 367-373

  Schuett, Gordon W ^a   Duvall, David ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGKISTRODON CONTORTRIX;

CHALLENGE DISPLAY; COPPERHEAD; COURTSHIP; HEAD LIFTING; MATE CHOICE; MIMICRY;

EID: 0029667639     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0035     Document Type: Article

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