Long- and short-term impact of temperature on snake detection in the wild: Further evidence from the snake Hemorrhois hippocrepis

Acta Herpetologica

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 143-150

  Zamora Camacho, Francisco J ^a   Moreno Rueda, Gregorio ^b   Pleguezuelos, Juan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate; Global change; Hemorrhois hippocrepis; Population dynamics; Spain; Temperature

Indexed keywords

HEMORRHOIS HIPPOCREPIS; REPTILIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 78651379931     PISSN: 18279635     EISSN: 18279643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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