Correlations between ontogenetic change in color pattern and antipredator behavior in the racer, Coluber constrictor

Ethology

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 287-300

  Creer, Douglas A ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR;

COLUBER; COLUBER CONSTRICTOR; SERPENTES;

EID: 15444375082     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2004.01062.x     Document Type: Article

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