Initial den location behavior in a litter of neonate Crotalus horridus (Timber Rattlesnakes)

Southeastern Naturalist

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 723-730

  Cobb, Vincent A ^a   Green, J Jeffrey ^a   Worrall, Timothy ^a   Pruett, Jake ^a   Glorioso, Brad ^a  

^a MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROTALUS HORRIDUS; SERPENTES;

EID: 33644604589     PISSN: 15287092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1528-7092(2005)004[0723:IDLBIA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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