Sources of mortality of large elapid snakes in an agricultural landscape

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 121-128

  Whitaker, Patrick B ^a   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CRYPSIS; ELAPIDAE; FELIS CATUS; PSEUDECHIS PORPHYRIACUS; PSEUDONAJA TEXTILIS; SERPENTES;

EID: 0034068535     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565247     Document Type: Article

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