Cold weather and the potential range of invasive Burmese pythons

Biological Invasions

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3649-3652

  Avery, Michael L ^a   Engeman, Richard M ^a   Keacher, Kandy L ^a   Humphrey, John S ^a   Bruce, William E ^a   Mathies, Tom C ^a   Mauldin, Richard E ^a  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Burmese python; Florida; Geographic range; Invasive species; Python molurus bivittatus

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE POPULATION; COOLING; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HOME RANGE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MORTALITY; NATIVE SPECIES; SNAKE; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA];

PYTHON MOLURUS BIVITTATUS; PYTHONIDAE;

EID: 77957975174     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-010-9761-4     Document Type: Article

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