Accidental altruism in insular pit-vipers (Gloydius shedaoensis, Viperidae)

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 541-548

  Shine, Richard ^a   Sun, Li Xin ^b   Fitzgerald, Mark ^a   Kearney, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Snake Island Nat Protect District ^*  (China)

Author keywords

Accipiter; Agkistrodon; China; Field experiments; Predator; Snake

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATOR; SNAKE;

ACCIPITER; ACCIPITER NISUS; AGKISTRODON; AMPHIBIA; AVES; CROTALINAE; DARWINIA; GLOYDIUS SHEDAOENSIS; RAPTORES; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; VIPERIDAE; VIPERINAE;

EID: 0036968238     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021671122848     Document Type: Article

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