Comparative diets of three populations of an aquatic snake (Natrix tessellata, Colubridae) from Mediterranean streams with different hydric regimes

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 2, 2007, Pages 426-435

  Luiselli, Luca ^a   Capizzi, Dario ^b   Filippi, Ernesto ^c   Anibaldi, Claudio ^d   Rugiero, Lorenzo ^e   Capula, Massimo ^f  

^a FIZV Ecology Section   (Italy)

^b Department of Epidemiology   (Italy)

^c FIZV (Herpetology)   (Italy)

^d FIZV Herpetology Section   (Italy)

^e FIZV   (Italy)

^f Museo Civico di Zoologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; ONTOGENY; PISCIVORE; PREY PREFERENCE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SNAKE; STREAM; TAXONOMY;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ALBURNUS; ANURA; COLUBRIDAE; CYPRINIDAE; LEUCISCUS; LEUCISCUS CEPHALUS; NATRIX TESSELLATA; PISCES; SCARDINIUS ERYTHROPHTHALMUS; SERPENTES;

EID: 34547490224     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2007)7[426:CDOTPO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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