Chemically mediated sexual behavior of the brown tree snake, Boiga irregularis

Ecoscience

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 405-409

  Greene, Michael J ^a   Mason, Robert T ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PHEROMONE; SNAKE;

GUAM;

BOIGA IRREGULARIS;

EID: 0032434781     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1998.11682478     Document Type: Article

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