Arboreal habitat structure affects route choice by rat snakes

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 119-129

  Mansfield, Rachel H ^a   Jayne, Bruce C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Affordance; Arboreal; Habitat structure; Locomotion; Vision

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650769134     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-010-0593-6     Document Type: Article

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