Survival of timber rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus) estimated by capture-recapture models in relation to age, sex, color morph, time, and birthplace

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 3, 2007, Pages 656-671

  Brown, William S ^a,d   Kéry, Marc ^b,e   Hines, James E ^c  

^a SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^c PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; LIFE HISTORY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SNAKE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL;

CROTALUS HORRIDUS; SERPENTES; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 34548860945     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2007)2007[656:SOTRCH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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