Does foraging mode influence life history traits? A comparative study of growth, maturation and survival of two species of sympatric snakes from south-eastern Australia

Austral Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 601-610

  Webb, Jonathan K ^a,b   Brook, Barry W ^a   Shine, Richard ^b  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ambush forager; Demographic parameters; Elapidae; Predation; Reproduction; Survival

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH; LIFE HISTORY; MATURATION; SNAKE; SURVIVAL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

AMPHIBIA; ELAPIDAE; HOPLOCEPHALUS BUNGAROIDES; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0345770406     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2003.t01-1-01316.x     Document Type: Article

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