Ontogenetic shifts and sex differences in caudal luring in the dusky pygmy rattlesnake, Sistrurus miliarius barbouri

Herpetologica

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 87-91

  Rabatsky, Ali M ^a,b   Waterman, Jane M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Caudal luring; Foraging; Ontogeny; Rattlesnake

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; ENCOUNTER RATE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; JUVENILE; ONTOGENY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY CAPTURE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SNAKE;

SERPENTES; SISTRURUS MILIARIUS BARBOURI;

EID: 26944469226     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/04-22     Document Type: Article

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