The use of ground-borne vibrations for prey localization in the Saharan sand vipers (Cerastes)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 661-665

  Young, Bruce A ^a   Morain, Malinda ^a  

^a LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Audition; Behaviour; Cerastes cerastes; Feeding; Prey capture; Reptilia; Saharan sand viper; Squamata

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMORECEPTOR; DENERVATION; DESERT CLIMATE; MECHANORECEPTOR; MOUSE; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SNAKE; VIBRATION;

ANIMALS; CHEMORECEPTORS; DENERVATION; DESERT CLIMATE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MICE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SMELL; VIBRATION; VIPERIDAE;

ANIMALIA; CERASTES; CERASTES CERASTES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; RODENTIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; VIPERA AMMODYTES; VIPERINAE;

EID: 0036327045     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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