Aquatic locomotion and behaviour in two disjunct populations of Western Australian tiger snakes, Notechis ater occidentalis

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 357-368

  Aubret, Fabien ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREY SELECTION; SNAKE; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ANURA; GALLUS GALLUS; NOTECHIS; NOTECHIS ATER; PANTHERA TIGRIS; SERPENTES; SPILOTES PULLATUS PULLATUS;

EID: 5044238539     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO03067     Document Type: Article

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