Battles for mates and food: Intraspecific combat in island tigersnakes (Notechis ater) from southern Australia

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-65

  Firmage, M ^a   Shine, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS; NOTECHIS ATER; NOTECHIS SCUTATUS; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA;

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOUR; ISLAND TIGERSNAKE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0030453787     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853896X00298     Document Type: Article

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