Bumpus in the snake den: Effects of sex, size, and body condition on mortality of red-sided garter snakes

Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 598-604

  Shine, R ^a   LeMaster, M P ^b   Moore, I T ^b   Olsson, M M ^a   Mason, R T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mating; Natural selection; Predation; Sexual selection; Size dependent mortality

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; BODY SIZE; MORTALITY; PREDATION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SNAKE;

CANADA; MANITOBA;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; CORVIDAE; CORVUS BRACHYRHYNCHOS; PASSERI; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; THAMNOPHIS; THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS; THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS PARIETALIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034921827     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2001.tb00792.x     Document Type: Article

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