Influence of sex and reproductive condition on terrestrial and aquatic locomotor performance in the semi-aquatic snake Seminatrix pygaea

Functional Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1054-1061

  Winne, C T ^a   Hopkins, W A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost of reproduction; Crawling; Relative clutch mass; Swimming; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; LOCOMOTION; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEX ALLOCATION; SNAKE; SWIMMING; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

SEMINATRIX PYGAEA; SERPENTES;

EID: 33750735385     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2006.01180.x     Document Type: Article

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