The mixed foraging strategy of juvenile northern water snakes

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 575-579

  Balent, Karla L ^a,b   Andreadis, Paul T ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

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EID: 0032432755     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565213     Document Type: Article

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