Habitat-specific behavioural thermoregulation by black rat snakes (Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta)

Oikos

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 59-68

  Blouin Demers, Gabriel ^a,b   Weatherhead, Patrick J ^a,c  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECTOTHERMY; HABITAT SELECTION; SNAKE; THERMOREGULATION;

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

EID: 0036267923     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2002.970106.x     Document Type: Article

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