Effects of food supplementation on the physiological ecology of female Western diamond-backed rattlesnakes (Crotalus atrox)

Oecologia

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 206-213

  Taylor, Emily N ^a   Malawy, Michael A ^a   Browning, Dawn M ^b   Lemar, Shea V ^c   DeNardo, Dale F ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy; Growth; Reproduction; Snake

Indexed keywords

FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; LIFE HISTORY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EATING; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SNAKE; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ARIZONA; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY WEIGHT; CROTALUS; EATING; FEMALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALIA; CROTALUS; CROTALUS ATROX; RODENTIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 23844467456     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0056-x     Document Type: Article

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