Male movement and body size affect mate acquisition in the eastern Massasauga (Sistrurus catenatus)

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 451-457

  Jellen, Benjamin C ^a,b   Shepard, Donald B ^a,c   Dreslik, Michael J ^a   Phillips, Christopher A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SISTRURUS CATENATUS; SISTRURUS CATENATUS CATENATUS;

EID: 35148851665     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2007)41[451:MMABSA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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