Relationships between insolation and rattlesnake hibernacula

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 319-328

  Hamilton, Bryan T ^a   Nowak, Erika M ^b  

^a Great Basin National Park   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black tailed rattlesnake; Communal hibernacula; Crotalus atrox; Crotalus lutosus; Crotalus molossus; Dens; Great Basin rattlesnake; Insolation; Western diamondback rattlesnake

Indexed keywords

ARIZONA (SNAKE); CROTALUS; CROTALUS ATROX; CROTALUS MOLOSSUS; CROTALUS OREGANUS LUTOSUS;

EID: 77749285788     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3398/064.069.0305     Document Type: Article

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