Gastrointestinal responses to feeding in a frequently feeding colubrid snake (Natrix maura)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 75-79

  Santos, Xavier ^a,b   Llorente, Gustavo A ^b  

^a Diputacio de Barcelona   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ebro Delta; Fasting; Feeding ecology; Intestine length; Natrix maura; Snake

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREY; SNAKE;

ANIMALIA; COLUBRIDAE; NATRIX MAURA; PYTHONIDAE; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 43049120955     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2008.03.005     Document Type: Article

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