Effects of temperature and perch diameter on arboreal locomotion in the snake Elaphe guttata

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 309, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 147-156

  Gerald, Gary W ^a   Mackey, Mark J ^a   Claussen, Dennis L ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; PANTHEROPHIS GUTTATUS; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SNAKE; TEMPERATURE; TREE;

ANIMALS; COLUBRIDAE; ECOSYSTEM; LOCOMOTION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TEMPERATURE; TREES;

EID: 42149091590     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.443     Document Type: Article

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