A radiotelemetric study of movements and shelter-site selection by free-ranging brownsnakes (Pseudonaja textilis, Elapidae)

Herpetological Monographs

Volumn , Issue 17, 2003, Pages 130-144

  Whitaker, Patrick Brian ^a   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Habitat; Serpentes; Snake; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ELAPIDAE; MAMMALIA; MUS; MUS DOMESTICUS; MUS MUSCULUS; MUS MUSCULUS DOMESTICUS; PSEUDONAJA TEXTILIS; SERPENTES;

EID: 0141794721     PISSN: 07331347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1655/0733-1347(2003)017[0130:arsoma]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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