Synchrony in capture dates suggests cryptic social organization in sea snakes (Emydocephalus annulatus, Hydrophiidae)

Austral Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 805-811

  Shine, Richard ^a   Shine, Terri ^a   Shine, James M ^a   Shine, Benjamin G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Mark recapture; Reptile; Sociality; Turtle headed sea snake

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; SNAKE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

ANIMALIA; EMYDOCEPHALUS ANNULATUS; HYDROPHIINAE; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 28444475499     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2005.01524.x     Document Type: Article

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