Patterns of snake predation at songbird nests in Missouri and Texas

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 215-222

  Stake, Mike M ^a,b   Thompson III, Frank R ^a   Faaborg, John ^a   Burhans, Dirk E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Hawks Aloft Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; COLUBER; ELAPHE OBSOLETA OBSOLETA; LAMPROPELTIS; MASTICOPHIS; PANTHEROPHIS OBSOLETUS; PASSERI; SERPENTES; THAMNOPHIS;

EID: 21244506728     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/150-04A     Document Type: Review

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