Female distribution affects mate searching and sexual selection in male northern water snakes (Nerodia sipedon)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 9-16

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

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mate searching; Nerodia sipedon; Northern water snakes; Sexual dimorphism; Sexual selection; Spatial patterns

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION; INTERSEXUAL INTERACTION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SNAKE;

NERODIA SIPEDON; SERPENTES;

EID: 0033399861     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050644     Document Type: Article

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