Spatial ecology of arboreal snakes (Hoplocephalus stephensii, Elapidae) in an eastern Australian forest

Austral Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 537-545

  Fitzgerald, M ^a   Shine, R ^a   Lemckert, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Research and Development Division   (Australia)

Author keywords

Elapidae; Forest fragmentation; Home range; Radiotelemetry; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MOVEMENT; RADIOTELEMETRY; SNAKE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW SOUTH WALES; WHIAN WHIAN STATE FOREST; WORLD;

ELAPIDAE; HOPLOCEPHALUS; HOPLOCEPHALUS STEPHENSII; SERPENTES;

EID: 0141600747     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2002.01214.x     Document Type: Article

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