The dangers of leaving home: Dispersal and mortality in snakes

Biological Conservation

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-50

  Bonnet, Xavier ^a   Naulleau, Guy ^a   Shine, Richard ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Costs of reproduction; Demography; Reptile; Snake; Survival

Indexed keywords

MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPTILE; SEASONALITY;

FRANCE;

COLUBER VIRIDIFLAVUS; ELAPHE LONGISSIMA; NATRIX MAURA; NATRIX NATRIX; VIPERA ASPIS; VIPERA BERUS;

EID: 0032910659     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(98)00140-2     Document Type: Article

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