Conflicts between feeding and reproduction in amphibious snakes (sea kraits, Laticauda spp.)

Austral Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 46-52

  Brischoux, François ^a,b   Bonnet, Xavier ^b   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Anorexia; Bodily distension; Reproduction; Sea snake

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FITNESS; LOCOMOTION; NATURAL SELECTION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SNAKE; THERMOREGULATION;

NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA];

ANIMALIA; HYDROPHIIDAE; LATICAUDA; LATICAUDA LATICAUDATA; SERPENTES;

EID: 79251480086     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2010.02115.x     Document Type: Article

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