Habitat selection as the mechanism for thermoregulation in a northern population of massasauga rattlesnakes(Sistrurus catenatus)

Ecoscience

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 411-419

  Harvey, Daniel S ^a   Weatherhead, Patrick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

cold climate; macrohabitat selection; microhabitat selection; radiotelemetry; thermal constraints; thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; HABITAT SELECTION; LOW TEMPERATURE; PREGNANCY; RADIOTELEMETRY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SNAKE; THERMOREGULATION;

CROTALUS; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SISTRURUS; SISTRURUS CATENATUS;

EID: 78650661148     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/17-4-3363     Document Type: Article

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