No divergence of habitat selection between male and female arboreal snakes, Trimeresurus s. stejnegeri

Zoological Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 91-98

  Tu, Ming Chung ^a   Wang, Shiuang ^a   Lin, Yu Chun ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Arboreal; Habitat; Pitviper; Sex; Snake

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SERPENTES; TRIMERESURUS;

EID: 0034165441     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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