Habitat-mediated shifts and plasticity in the evaporative water loss rates of two congeneric pit vipers (Squamata, Viperidae, Agkistrodon)

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 759-766

  Moen, Daniel S ^a,b   Winne, Christopher T ^a   Reed, Robert N ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitat aridity; Habitat transition; Phylogeny; Semi aquatic; Snakes

Indexed keywords

EID: 20644446864     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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