Chemoreception and kin discrimination by neonate smooth snakes, Coronella austriaca

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 363-368

  Pernetta, Angelo P ^a,b   Reading, Christopher J ^a   Allen, John A ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cannibalism; chemosensory perception; Coronella austriaca; kin recognition; newborn; phenotype matching; sibling; smooth snake; social behaviour

Indexed keywords

CHEMORECEPTION; KIN RECOGNITION; LOCOMOTION; NEONATE; OLFACTORY CUE; SNAKE; TESTING METHOD;

ANGUIS FRAGILIS; CORONELLA AUSTRIACA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; ZOOTOCA VIVIPARA;

EID: 58349083231     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.10.008     Document Type: Article

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