Use of radiotelemetry on snakes: A review

Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 115-146

  Ujvari B ^a   Korsos Z ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Biotelemetry; Herpetological radiotelemetry; Home range; Location; Snakes; Thermoregulation; Vipera ursinii rakosiensis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040357395     PISSN: 12178837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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