Timber rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus) use chemical cues to select ambush sites

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 607-617

  Clark, Rulon W ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical cues; Crotalus horridus; Foraging behavior; Prey discrimination; Timber rattlesnake

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CUE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; KAIROMONE; SNAKE;

ALLOPATRY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROTALUS HORRIDUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PREY SELECTION; SITTING; SNAKE; STEREOTYPY; STIMULATION; SYMPATRY;

ANIMALS; CROTALUS; CUES; ODORS; PHEROMONES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SMELL;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; CROTALUS; CROTALUS HORRIDUS; REPTILIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 1842430846     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOEC.0000018632.27010.1e     Document Type: Article

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