Intraspecific habitat partitioning by the sea snake Emydocephalus annulatus (Serpentes, Hydrophiidae): The effects of sex, body size, and colour pattern

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-10

  Shine, Richard ^a   Shine, Terri ^a   Shine, Benjamin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dimorphism; Hydrophiidae; Marine; Niche; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COLOR; GENDER; HABITAT USE; NICHE PARTITIONING; SNAKE;

ANTHOZOA; BLENNIOIDEI; CHROMIS CHROMIS; EMYDOCEPHALUS; EMYDOCEPHALUS ANNULATUS; HYDROPHIINAE; SERPENTES;

EID: 0141794052     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8312.2003.00213.x     Document Type: Article

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