Behavioral shifts associated with reproduction in garter snakes

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 251-256

  Shine, R ^a   Phillips, B ^a   Waye, H ^b   Mason, R T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antipredator; Courtship; Feeding; Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; COURTSHIP; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MATING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; SNAKE; THERMOREGULATION;

AMPHIBIA; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; THAMNOPHIS; THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS PARIETALIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037353283     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/14.2.251     Document Type: Article

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