Increases in capture rates of an aquatic snake (Seminatrix pygaea) using naturally baited minnow traps: Evidence for aquatic funnel trapping as a measure of foraging activity

Herpetological Review

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 411-413

  Winne, Christopher T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

PHOXINUS PHOXINUS; SEMINATRIX PYGAEA;

EID: 30944435801     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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