Thirsty sea snakes forsake refuge during rainfall

Austral Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 911-921

  Bonnet, Xavier ^a   Brischoux, François ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Drinking; Laticauda; Sea snakes; Water balance

Indexed keywords

DRINKING; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LAGOON; PREDATION RISK; RAINFALL; REFUGE; SALINITY; SNAKE; WATER BUDGET;

MELANESIA; NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA]; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

HYDROPHIIDAE; LATICAUDA; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 53549125519     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2008.01917.x     Document Type: Article

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