Influence of body reserves and eye opacity on foraging behaviours of tiger snakes

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology

Volumn 303, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1075-1084

  Aubret, Fabien ^a,b,c   Bonnet, Xavier ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Conseil Régional Poitou Charentes ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY CONSTITUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MOLTING; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SNAKE; STOMACH JUICE; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; MOLTING; MOTOR SKILLS; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SNAKES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

SERPENTES; SPILOTES PULLATUS PULLATUS;

EID: 30744461367     PISSN: 15488969     EISSN: 1552499X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.229     Document Type: Article

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