Long-term effects of radiotelemetry on black ratsnakes

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 900-906

  Weatherhead, Patrick J ^a,c,d   Blouin Demers, Gabriel ^b,c,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black ratsnakes; Elaphe obsoleta; Growth; Radiotelemetry; Radiotransmitter; Reproduction; Survival

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; GROWTH RESPONSE; REPRODUCTION; SNAKE; SURVIVAL;

AMPHIBIA; ELAPHE; ELAPHE OBSOLETA; PANTHEROPHIS OBSOLETUS; REPTILIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 7544240544     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2004)032[0900:LEOROB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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