Comparative demography of black rat snakes (Elaphe obsoleta) in Ontario and Maryland

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 256, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-10

  Blouin Demers, Gabriel ^a,b   Prior, Kent A ^a,c   Weatherhead, Patrick J ^a,d  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Demography; Elaphe obsoleta; Growth rates; Longevity; Sexual size dimorphism; Snakes

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DEMOGRAPHY; GROWTH MODELING; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SNAKE; VON BERTALANFFY EQUATION;

CANADA; MARYLAND; ONTARIO; UNITED STATES;

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

EID: 0036161793     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0952836902000018     Document Type: Article

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