Philopatry and homing behavior of sea snakes (Laticauda colubrina) from two adjacent islands in Fiji

Conservation Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1422-1426

  Shetty, Sohan ^a   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; HOMING BEHAVIOR; PHILOPATRY; SNAKE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

FIJI;

ANIMALIA; COLUBRINA; HYDROPHIINAE; LATICAUDA; LATICAUDA COLUBRINA; SERPENTES;

EID: 0036793028     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2002.00515.x     Document Type: Article

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