Movement patterns and home range use of the Northern Watersnake (Nerodia sipedon)

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 3, 2006, Pages 544-551

  Roth II, Timothy C ^a,b   Greene, Brian D ^a  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECTOTHERMY; FITNESS; HOME RANGE; MOVEMENT; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SNAKE; TELEMETRY;

MISSOURI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

NERODIA SIPEDON; SERPENTES;

EID: 33749509246     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2006)2006[544:MPAHRU]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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