Growth and sexual size dimorphism in northern water snakes (Nerodia sipedon)

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 3, 1999, Pages 723-732

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

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SNAKE;

CANADA; ONTATIO;

NERODIA SIPEDON;

EID: 0033516964     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447605     Document Type: Article

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