Response to rodent saliva by two species of rodentiophagous snakes

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 829-836

  Chiszar, David ^a   Lukas, William ^a   Smith, Hobart M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemoreception; predation; rodentiophagous snakes; saliva; squamata; tongue flicking

Indexed keywords

BOIGA IRREGULARIS; CROTALUS; CROTALUS VIRIDIS VIRIDIS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; RODENTIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0031004710     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOEC.0000006414.01873.12     Document Type: Article

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