Feeding preferences in 2 disjunct populations of tiger snakes, Notechis scutatus (Elapidae)

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 716-725

  Aubret, Fabien ^a,b,c   Burghardt, Gordon M ^d   Maumelat, Stéphanie ^a   Bonnet, Xavier ^b,c   Bradshaw, Don ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Island; Notechis; Plasticity; Preferences; Prey; Snake

Indexed keywords

CONSPECIFIC; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC VARIATION; NEONATE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREY PREFERENCE; RESPONSE ANALYSIS; SNAKE;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; AVES; ELAPIDAE; LARUS NOVAEHOLLANDIAE; NOTECHIS SCUTATUS; SCINCIDAE; SERPENTES; SPILOTES PULLATUS PULLATUS;

EID: 33747837073     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arl004     Document Type: Article

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