Demography and sexual size dimorphism in northern water snakes, Nerodia sipedon

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 77, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1358-1366

  Brown, Gregory P ^a   Weatherhead, Patrick J ^a,b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DEMOGRAPHY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SNAKE;

NERODIA SIPEDON;

EID: 0033306634     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjz-77-9-1358     Document Type: Article

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