Thermal ecology of black rat snakes (Elaphe obsoleta) in a thermally challenging environment

Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 3025-3043

  Blouin Demers, G ^a   Weatherhead, P J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black rat snake; Cost benefit thermoregulation; Ectotherm; Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta; Ontario, Canada; Reptile; Thermal challenge; Thermal exploitation; Thermoconformer; Thermoconformity; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; SNAKE; THERMOREGULATION;

CANADA; ONTARIO;

AMPHIBIA; ELAPHE; ELAPHE OBSOLETA; ELAPHE OBSOLETA OBSOLETA; PANTHEROPHIS OBSOLETUS; RATTUS RATTUS; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035661957     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2001)082[3025:teobrs]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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