Snake (Colubridae: Thamnophis) predatory responses to chemical cues from native and introduced prey species

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 449-456

  Mullin, Stephen J ^a   Imbert, Hélène ^a,c   Fish, Jennifer M ^a,d   Ervin, Edward L ^b,e   Fisher, Robert N ^b  

^a EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d SAINT MARY'S COLLEGE   (United States)

^e Merkel and Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLUBRIDAE; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; LEPOMIS; PSEUDACRIS; PSEUDACRIS REGILLA; SERPENTES; THAMNOPHIS; THAMNOPHIS HAMMONDII; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 12344337432     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2004)049<0449:SCTPRT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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