Habitat selection and prey odor in the foraging behavior of western rattlesnakes (Crotalus viridis)

Behaviour

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 119-135

  Theodoratus, Demetri Hilario ^a,c   Chiszar, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c Department of Biology ^*  (United States)

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EID: 0040187713     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853900501908     Document Type: Article

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