Seasonal and daily activity patterns of Vipera latastei in northern Portugal

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 497-508

  Brito, José C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BIOTELEMETRY; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SEASONALITY; SNAKE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

SERPENTES; VIPERA; VIPERINAE;

EID: 0347385101     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853803322763954     Document Type: Article

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