Behavioral life history responses of eastern massasauga rattlesnakes (Sistrurus catenatus catenatus) to human disturbance

Oecologia

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 170-178

  Parent, C ^a   Weatherhead, P J ^a,b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation ecology; Human disturbance; Life history; Predator avoidance; Rattlesnakes

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LIFE HISTORY; SNAKE;

CANADA; KILL-BEAR PROVINCIAL PARK; ONTARIO;

SISTRURUS CATENATUS;

EID: 0033743432     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420000442     Document Type: Article

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