A radiotelemetric study of movements and thermal biology of insular Chinese pit-vipers (Gloydius shedaoensis, Viperidae)

Oikos

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 342-352

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Snake Isl Nat Protection District ^*  (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BODY TEMPERATURE; ECTOTHERMY; HABITAT USE; MOVEMENT; PREY AVAILABILITY; RADIOTELEMETRY; SNAKE;

CHINA;

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

EID: 0037986576     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2003.11942.x     Document Type: Article

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