Site occupancy and density of sympatric Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica) and nose-horned viper (Bitis nasicornis)

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 555-564

  Luiselli, Luca ^a  

^a FIZV   (Italy)

Author keywords

Africa; Akaike Information Criterion; Bitis gabonica; Bitis nasicornis; Detection probability; Ecology; Site occupancy; Snake; Spatial density

Indexed keywords

AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; RAINFOREST; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SNAKE; SWAMP FOREST; SYMPATRY; TRANSECT;

AFRICA; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

BITIS; BITIS CAUDALIS; BITIS GABONICA; BITIS NASICORNIS; VIPERINAE;

EID: 33744784515     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467406003397     Document Type: Article

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