Diet compositional of Nerodia sipedon (Serpentes: Colubridae) and its dietary overlap with, and chemical recognition of Agkistrodon piscivorus (Serpentes: Viperidae)

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 181-188

  Himes, John G ^a  

^a The University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIETARY OVERLAP; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; SNAKE;

UNITED STATES;

AGKISTRODON; AGKISTRODON PISCIVORUS; AGKISTRODON PISCIVORUS LEUCOSTOMA; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; CAUDATA; COLUBRIDAE; LEUCOSTOMA; NERODIA; NERODIA SIPEDON; NERODIA SIPEDON PLEURALIS; PISCES; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 0041387553     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853803322390426     Document Type: Article

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