Intraguild predation, thermoregulation, and microhabitat selection by snakes

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 271-277

  Webb, Jonathan K ^a   Pringle, Robert M ^b   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Endangered species; Habitat selection; Predation risk; Refuge; Snakes

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; BODY SIZE; DISTURBANCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; INTRAGUILD PREDATION; JUVENILE; LABORATORY METHOD; MICROHABITAT; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY PREFERENCE; REFUGE; SHELTER; SNAKE; THERMOREGULATION; TRADE-OFF;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

HOPLOCEPHALUS BUNGAROIDES; RHINOPLOCEPHALUS NIGRESCENS; SERPENTES;

EID: 64949164866     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arp011     Document Type: Article

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