Food resource partitioning of a community of snakes in a swamp rainforest of south-eastern Nigeria

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 246, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 125-133

  Luiselli, Luca ^a,b,d   Akani, Godfrey C ^b   Capizzi, Dario ^c  

^a DEMETRA   (Italy)

^b RIVERS STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^c Istituto Nazionale per la Fauna Selvatica   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Afrotropical Region; Community ecology; Food habits; Nigeria; Rainforest; Snakes

Indexed keywords

FOOD SUPPLY; GUILD STRUCTURE; NICHE PARTITIONING; SNAKE;

NIGERIA;

BITIS GABONICA; BITIS NASICORNIS; BOIGA BLANDINGI; CALABARIA REINHARDTI; DENDROASPIS JAMESONI; GASTROPYXIS SMARAGDINA; PSAMMOPHIS PHILLIPSI; THELOTORNIS KIRTLANDII;

EID: 0031754678     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836998010012     Document Type: Article

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