Chemosensory cues allow courting male garter snakes to assess body length and body condition of potential mates

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 162-166

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Courtship; Garter snake; Lipids Pheromones; Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; BODY SIZE; CHEMICAL CUE; COURTSHIP; MATE CHOICE; SNAKE;

CANADA; MANITOBA;

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

EID: 0038148325     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-003-0620-5     Document Type: Article

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