Growth rates and mortality of the Louisiana pine snake (Pituophis ruthveni)

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 683-687

  Himes, John G ^a,c   Hardy, Laurence M ^a   Craig Rudolph, D ^b   Burgdorf, Shirley J ^b,d  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

^d United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PITUOPHIS MELANOLEUCUS; PITUOPHIS RUTHVENI; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036946382     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2002)036[0683:GRAMOT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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