Mechanisms and consequences of sexual conflict in garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis, Colubridae)

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 654-660

  Shine, Richard ^a   Phillips, Ben ^a   Langkilde, Tracy ^a   Lutterschmidt, Deborah I ^b   Waye, Heather ^b   Mason, Robert T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Courtship; Dispersal; Harassment; Mating; Reptile; Stress

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; DISPERSAL; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SNAKE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; COLUBRIDAE; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; THAMNOPHIS; THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS; THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS PARIETALIS;

EID: 3042745555     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arh058     Document Type: Article

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