Snakes survive starvation by employing supply- and demand-side economic strategies

Zoology

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 318-327

  McCue, Marshall D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; Energetics; Fasting; Metabolism; Reptiles

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CROTALUS ATROX; PANTHEROPHIS OBSOLETUS; PYTHON REGIUS; REPTILIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 34347403262     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2007.02.004     Document Type: Article

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