Sensory deprivation effects on the predatory behavior of the rattlesnake, Crotalus viridis oreganus

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 2, 1996, Pages 419-428

  Haverly, Joseph E ^a   Kardong, Kenneth V ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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CROTALUS VIRIDIS CREGANUS;

EID: 0030437540     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1446858     Document Type: Article

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