Predicted and observed maximum prey size - Snake size allometry

Functional Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 766-772

  King, R B ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gape size; Nerodia sipedon; Sexual dimorphism; Storeria dekayi; Thamnophis sirtalis

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; PREY SIZE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SNAKE;

AMPHIBIA; NERODIA; NERODIA SIPEDON; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; STORERIA; STORERIA DEKAYI; THAMNOPHIS; THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS;

EID: 0036944597     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2002.00678.x     Document Type: Article

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