Early experience influences both habitat choice and locomotor performance in tiger snakes

American Naturalist

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 524-531

  Aubret, Fabien ^a   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Habitat; Imprinting; Locomotion; Plasticity; Snake

Indexed keywords

ECOMORPHOLOGY; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT TYPE; IMPRINTING; LOCOMOTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SNAKE; SPECIALIZATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SNAKE;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; ELAPIDAE; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION;

ANIMALIA; NOTECHIS SCUTATUS; SERPENTES; SPILOTES PULLATUS PULLATUS;

EID: 40949154417     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/528969     Document Type: Article

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