Activity patterns of a neotropical ambush predator: Spatial ecology of the fer-de-lance (bothrops asper, serpentes: Viperidae) in Costa Rica

Biotropica

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 241-249

  Wasko, Dennis K ^a   Sasa, Mahmood ^b  

^a University of Miami   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Compositional analysis; Foraging behavior; Home range; Kernel density; La Selva Biological Station; Pit vipers; Radiotelemetry; Snakes

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; HABITAT SELECTION; HOME RANGE; MOVEMENT; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PREDATOR; RADIOTELEMETRY; RANGE SIZE; SNAKE; SPACE USE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; HEREDIA; LA SELVA;

BOTHROPS ASPER; BOTHROPS ATROX; CROTALINAE; SERPENTES; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 61549107490     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2008.00464.x     Document Type: Article

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