Activity patterns of garter snakes, Thamnophis sirtalis, in relation to weather conditions at a fish hatchery on Vancouver Island, British Columbia

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 32-40

  Nelson, Kari J ^a,b   Gregory, Patrick T ^b  

^a Station CSC ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SERPENTES; THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS;

EID: 0034071280     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565235     Document Type: Article

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