Ontogeny of intersexual head shape and prey selection in the pitviper Agkistrodon piscivorus

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 151-159

  Vincent, Shawn E ^a   Herrel, Anthony ^b   Irschick, Duncan J ^a  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Constraints; Feeding ecology; Functional morphology; Piscivory; Snakes

Indexed keywords

FEEDING ECOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; ONTOGENY; PREY SELECTION; SNAKE;

AGKISTRODON; AGKISTRODON PISCIVORUS; ANIMALIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 1642523792     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2004.00282.x     Document Type: Article

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