Sympatric rattlesnakes with contrasting mating systems show differences in seasonal patterns of plasma sex steroids

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 257-266

  Schuett, Gordon W ^a,b   Hardy Sr , David L ^c   Greene, Harry W ^d   Earley, Ryan L ^b   Grober, Matthew S ^b   Van Kirk, Edward A ^e   Murdoch, William J ^e  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX HORMONE; SNAKE;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CROTALUS; CROTALUS ATROX; CROTALUS MOLOSSUS;

EID: 22144457979     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2004.09.028     Document Type: Article

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