Does foraging mode influence sensory modalities for prey detection in male and female filesnakes, Acrochordus arafurae?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 715-721

  Vincent, Shawn E ^a,b,c   Shine, Richard ^b   Brown, Gregory P ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CUE; PREY LOCATION; SNAKE; VISUAL CUE;

ACROCHORDUS ARAFURAE; ANIMALIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 33644499165     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.01.002     Document Type: Article

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