Male red-sided garter snakes, Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis, determine female mating status from pheromone trails

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 677-683

  O'Donnell, Ryan P ^a   Ford, Neil B ^b   Shine, Richard ^c   Mason, Robert T ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; MALE BEHAVIOR; PHEROMONE; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SNAKE;

SERPENTES; THAMNOPHIS; THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS; THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS PARIETALIS;

EID: 5344259010     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2003.09.020     Document Type: Article

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