Variation in the diet of the viperine snake Natrix maura in relation to prey availability

Ecography

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 185-192

  Santos, Xavier ^a   González Solís, Jacob ^a   Llorente, Gustavo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; DIET; FOOD AVAILABILITY; PREY SELECTION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SNAKE;

EBRO DELTA; SPAIN;

CYPRINUS CARPIO; GAMBUSIA HOLBROOKI; NATRIX MAURA; RANA PEREZI;

EID: 0342424369     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2000.tb00274.x     Document Type: Article

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