Testing an adaptive hypothesis through context-dependence: Effects of water depth on foraging behaviour in three species of garter snakes

Ethology

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 369-384

  De Queiroz, Alan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; SNAKE; SPECIALIST; WATER DEPTH;

AMPHIBIA; CYPRINIFORMES; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; THAMNOPHIS; THAMNOPHIS PROXIMUS; THAMNOPHIS RUFIPUNCTATUS; THAMNOPHIS VALIDUS;

EID: 0038249108     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.2003.00879.x     Document Type: Article

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