Multiscale influences of landscape composition and configuration on the spatial ecology of eastern diamond-backed rattlesnakes (Crotalus adamanteus)

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 110-123

  Hoss, Shannon K ^a   Guyer, Craig ^a,b   Smith, Lora L ^c   Schuett, Gordon W ^d  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOSEPH W JONES ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROTALUS; CROTALUS ADAMANTEUS;

EID: 77649162848     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/08-277.1     Document Type: Article

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