Responses of free-ranging brownsnakes (Pseudonaja textilis: Elapidae) to encounters with humans

Wildlife Research

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 689-704

  Whitaker, P B ^a   Shine, R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; SNAKE;

AUSTRALIA; LEETON; NEW SOUTH WALES;

PSEUDONAJA TEXTILIS;

EID: 0032779293     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR98042     Document Type: Article

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