The influence of prey-scent stimuli on predatory behavior of the North American copperhead Agkistrodon contortrix (Serpentes: Viperidae)

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 345-350

  Greenbaum, Eli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Agkistrodon contortrix; Behavior; Chemoreception; Prey; Snake; Venom

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CHEMORECEPTION; ODOR; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY LOCATION; PREY PREFERENCE; SNAKE;

KANSAS; LOUISIANA; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

AGKISTRODON; AGKISTRODON CONTORTRIX; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; CROTALUS; LEPIDOPTERA; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; RODENTIA; SERPENTES; SPHINGIDAE; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 1942475845     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arh011     Document Type: Article

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