Reproductive ecology of Western Diamond-Backed Rattlesnakes (Crotalus atrox) in the Sonoran Desert

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 1, 2005, Pages 152-158

  Taylor, Emily N ^a   DeNardo, Dale F ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITTER SIZE; MATING BEHAVIOR; PARTURITION; RADIOTELEMETRY; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; SNAKE; ULTRASONICS;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; SONORAN DESERT; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CROTALUS; CROTALUS ATROX; SERPENTES;

EID: 14544294578     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/CH-04-107R1     Document Type: Article

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