The influence of reproductive status on thermal ecology and vegetation use of female Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnakes (Sistrurus catenatus catenatus) in southwestern Michigan

Herpetological Conservation and Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 48-54

  Foster, Melissa A ^a,b   Bissell, Kristin M ^a,c   Campa III, Henry ^a   Harrison, Tara Myers ^d  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^d Potter Park Zoo   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitat use; Massasauga; Rattlesnake; Reproduction; Sistrurus; Thermal ecology; Thermoregulation; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

CROTALUS; SISTRURUS; SISTRURUS CATENATUS CATENATUS;

EID: 66849140498     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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