Flexible mate choice: A male snake's preference for larger females is modified by the sizes of females encountered

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 203-209

  Shine, Richard ^a   Webb, Jonathan K ^a   Lane, Amanda ^a   Mason, Robert T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; ENCOUNTER RATE; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; SNAKE;

CANADA; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA;

SERPENTES; THAMNOPHIS; THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS PARIETALIS;

EID: 29444445637     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.04.005     Document Type: Article

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