Determinants of dietary specialization: A comparison of two sympatric species of sea snakes

Oikos

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 145-151

  Brischoux, François ^a,b   Bonnet, Xavier ^a   Shine, Richard ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORAL; DIET; EEL; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; ONTOGENY; PREY SIZE; SNAKE; SYMPATRY;

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

ANGUILLIFORMES; ANTHOZOA; HYDROPHIIDAE; LATICAUDA; LATICAUDA LATICAUDATA; PISCES;

EID: 58149136141     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2008.17011.x     Document Type: Article

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