Snakes in search of sex: The relation between mate-locating ability and mating success in male garter snakes

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1251-1258

  Shine, Richard ^a   O'Donnell, Ryan P ^b   Langkilde, Tracy ^a   Wall, Michael D ^a   Mason, Robert T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; MATE LOCATION; MATING SUCCESS; SNAKE;

CANADA; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

SERPENTES; THAMNOPHIS; THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS PARIETALIS;

EID: 20444368489     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2004.10.005     Document Type: Article

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