Attack strategy of an ambush predator: Which attributes of the prey trigger a pit-viper's strike?

Functional Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 340-348

  Shine, R ^a   Sun, L X ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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

Author keywords

Foraging; Predator body size; Prey size; Snake; Thermoreception

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREY CAPTURE; PREY SIZE; SNAKE;

CHINA;

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

EID: 0038419612     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2003.00738.x     Document Type: Article

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