Kin recognition in rattlesnakes

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2004, Pages

  Clark, Rulon W ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Behaviour; Crotalus horridus; Kin recognition; Snakes

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; KIN RECOGNITION; SNAKE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; KIN SELECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAKE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; CROTALUS; CROTALUS HORRIDUS; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2342510947     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2004.0162     Document Type: Article

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