Plastic vipers: Influence of food intake on the size and shape of Gaboon vipers (Bitis gabonica)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 255, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 341-351

  Bonnet, Xavier ^a,b   Shine, Richard ^b   Naulleau, Guy ^a   Thiburce, Christian ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Bitis gabonica; Energy allocation; Growth; Phenotypic plasticity; Reptiles

Indexed keywords

FOOD INTAKE; MORPHOMETRY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SNAKE;

EID: 0034761066     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836901001443     Document Type: Article

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