Hissing in rattlesnakes: Redundant signaling or inflationary epiphenomenon?

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 280, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 107-113

  Kinney, Clare ^a   Abishahin, George ^a   Young, Bruce A ^a  

^a LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0032007944     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19980201)280:2<107::AID-JEZ1>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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