Circannual rhythms of appetite and ecdysis in the elapid snake, Hemachatus haemachatus, appear to be endogenous

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 1, 1999, Pages 146-152

  Alexander, Graham J ^a   Brooks, Robert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; REPTILE; SEASONALITY;

EID: 0033525113     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447395     Document Type: Article

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