Fast and furious: Effects of body size on strike performance in an arboreal viper Trimeresurus (Cryptelytrops) albolabris

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 315 A, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 22-29

  Herrel, Anthony ^a   Huyghe, Katleen ^b   Okovic, Patricija ^c   LisicIc, Duje ^d   Tadic, Zoran ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c State Institute for Nature Protection   (Croatia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; HEAD; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SNAKE;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; HEAD; MALE; MOVEMENT; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEX FACTORS; TRIMERESURUS;

ANIMALIA; CROTALINAE; CRYPTELYTROPS; CRYPTELYTROPS ALBOLABRIS; VERTEBRATA; VIPERINAE;

EID: 78650095736     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: 19325231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.645     Document Type: Article

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