Prey preference and diet of neonate Eastern Massasaugas (Sistrurus c. catenatus)

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 360-368

  Shepard, Donald B ^a,b   Phillips, Christopher A ^a   Dreslik, Michael J ^a   Jellen, Benjamin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; GAPE LIMITATION; NEONATE; PREY PREFERENCE; SNAKE;

CARLYLE LAKE; ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AMPHIBIA; BLARINA; BLARINA BREVICAUDA; BLARINA CAROLINENSIS; CAROLINENSIS; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SISTRURUS; SISTRURUS CATENATUS; SISTRURUS CATENATUS CATENATUS; SORICIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 7744243751     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2004)152[0360:PPADON]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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