Timber rattlesnakes (Crotalus Horridus) exhibit elevated and less variable body temperatures during pregnancy

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 2, 2009, Pages 363-368

  Gardner Santana, Lynne C ^a   Beaupre, Steven J ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; POPULATION ECOLOGY; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; RADIOTELEMETRY; SNAKE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TIMBER;

CROTALUS; CROTALUS HORRIDUS;

EID: 67650872599     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/CP-07-271     Document Type: Article

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