Habitat use by synurbic watersnakes (Nerodia Sipedon)

Herpetologica

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 183-198

  Pattishall, Abigail ^a   Cundall, David ^b  

^a Wildlands Conservancy   (United States)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nerodia sipedon; Radio telemetry; Riparian; Site reuse; Urban

Indexed keywords

HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; RADIOTELEMETRY; RIPARIAN ZONE; SNAKE; STREAM; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

NERODIA SIPEDON; SERPENTES;

EID: 68949150573     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/08-038R2.1     Document Type: Article

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