Antipredator responses of free-ranging pit vipers (Gloydius shedaoensis, Viperidae)

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 3, 2002, Pages 843-850

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; SNAKE; TEMPERATURE;

CHINA; LIAONING PROVINCE; SHEDAO ISLAND;

AMPHIBIA; CROTALINAE; CRYPSIS; GLOYDIUS; GLOYDIUS SHEDAOENSIS; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; VIPERIDAE; VIPERINAE;

EID: 0037102584     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2002)002[0843:AROFRP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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