Size-dependent predation by snakes: Selective foraging or differential prey vulnerability?

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 551-560

  Downes, Sharon J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antipredator behavior; Body size; Foraging mode; Lizards; Prey selection; Prey vulnerability; Size dependent predation; Snakes

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY SELECTION; SIZE SELECTION; SNAKE;

ACANTHOPHIS ANTARCTICUS; AMPHIBIA; DEMANSIA; DEMANSIA PSAMMOPHIS; LAMPROPHOLIS DELICATA; LAMPROPHOLIS GUICHENOTI; PSAMMOPHIS; REPTILIA; RHINOPLOCEPHALUS NIGRESCENS; SCINCIDAE; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0036066064     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/13.4.551     Document Type: Article

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