Causes and consequences of aggregation by neonatal tiger snakes (Notechis scutatus, Elapidae)

Austral Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 210-217

  Aubret, Fabien ^a   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Snake; Sociality; Temperature; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BODY TEMPERATURE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NEONATE; OLFACTORY CUE; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; SNAKE; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALIA; ELAPIDAE; NOTECHIS SCUTATUS; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SPILOTES PULLATUS PULLATUS;

EID: 62749115164     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2008.01923.x     Document Type: Article

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