Habitat selection of the terciopelo (Serpentes: Viperidae: Bothrops asper) in a lowland rainforest in Costa Rica

Herpetologica

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 148-158

  Wasko, Dennis K ^a   Sasa, Mahmood ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Bothrops asper; Compositional analysis; Habitat availability; Habitat selection; La Selva Biological Station; Pit vipers

Indexed keywords

HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; RADIOTELEMETRY; RAINFOREST; SNAKE; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

COSTA RICA; LA SELVA BIOLOGICAL STATION; LIMON;

ANIMALIA; BOTHROPS ASPER; CROTALINAE; SERPENTES; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 77952564547     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/08-064R2.1     Document Type: Article

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