Using behaviorally-based seasons to investigate canebrake rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) movement patterns and habitat selection

Herpetologica

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 389-398

  Waldron, Jayme L ^a,c   Lanham, Joseph D ^a   Bennett, Stephen H ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crotalus horridus; Habitat partitioning; Habitat selection; Movement; Rattlesnake; Snake behavior

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; HIBERNATION; MOVEMENT; NICHE PARTITIONING; RANGE SIZE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNAKE;

ANIMALIA; CROTALUS HORRIDUS;

EID: 33846237737     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/0018-0831(2006)62[389:UBSTIC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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