Ambush site selection of a desert snake (Echis coloratus) at an oasis

Herpetologica

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-23

  Tsairi, Hadas ^a   Bouskila, Amos ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Habitat use; Prey odor; Sit and wait predator; Viperidae

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; OASIS; OLFACTORY CUE; PREY CAPTURE; SNAKE;

AMPHIBIA; ECHIS; ECHIS COLORATUS; GERBILLINAE; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 1242321408     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/20-47     Document Type: Article

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