Minimal overwintering temperatures of red-sided garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis): A possible cue for emergence?

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 771-777

  Lutterschmidt, Deborah I ^a   LeMaster, Michael P ^b   Mason, Robert T ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); POPULATION STATISTICS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BODY TEMPERATURE; ECTOTHERMIC SPECIES; RED-SIDED GARTER SNAKES; TEMPERATURE LOGGERS;

BIODIVERSITY;

BODY TEMPERATURE; EMERGENCE; OVERWINTERING; SNAKE;

CANADA; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA;

SERPENTES; THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS PARIETALIS;

EID: 33747074556     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z06-043     Document Type: Article

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