Meal size effects on antipredator behavior of hatchling trinket snakes, Elaphe helena

Ethology

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 649-656

  Mehta, Rita S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LOCOMOTION; SNAKE;

ANIMALIA; COELOGNATHUS HELENA; SERPENTES;

EID: 33745090555     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2006.01224.x     Document Type: Article

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