Breeding frequency, clutch size, reproductive status and correlated behaviours in sympatric females Elaphe quatuorlineata and Elaphe longissima (Reptilia : Colubridae)

Revue d'Ecologie (La Terre et la Vie)

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 297-311

  Capizzi, Dario ^a,b   Capula, Massimo ^c,d   Evangelisti, Fatima ^c   Filippi, Ernesto ^c   Luiselli, Luca ^c   Trujillo Jesus, Veronica ^c,e  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Istituto Nazionale per la Fauna Selvatica   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d Section of Amphibians and Reptiles   (Italy)

^e NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELAPHE LONGISSIMA; ELAPHE QUATUORLINEATA;

BODY SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; REPRODUCTION; SNAKE; SYMPATRY;

ITALY, LAZIO, TOLFA MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0030301356     PISSN: 02497395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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