Integrative biology of rattlesnakes: Contributions to biology and evolution

BioScience

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 531-538

  Beaupre, Steven J ^a   Duvall, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROTALUS; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031838065     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1313315     Document Type: Article

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