Ecology of the Pitviper, Bothrops moojeni, in the Brazilian Cerrado

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 653-659

  Nogueira, Cristiano ^a,b   Sawaya, Ricardo J ^c   Martins, Marcio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Pos Graduacao em Ecologia   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANURA; BOTHROPS; BOTHROPS MOOJENI; MAMMALIA; RIPARIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0346433630     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/120-02A     Document Type: Article

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