The spatial ecology of the eastern massasauga (Sistrurus c. catenatus) in northern Michigan

Herpetologica

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 71-79

  Degregorio, Brett A ^a,c   Manning, Jennifer V ^b   Bieser, Nicholas ^a   Kingsbury, Bruce A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

^b Earth Source Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Home range; Movement patterns; Rattlesnake; Sexual dimorphism; Sistrurus catenatus; Viperidae

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONIFEROUS FOREST; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HOME RANGE; MIXED FOREST; PARTURITION; RADIOTELEMETRY; SEASONALITY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SNAKE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUBSTRATE; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

CANADA; MICHIGAN; NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; ONTARIO [CANADA]; UNITED STATES;

SERPENTES; SISTRURUS; SISTRURUS CATENATUS; SISTRURUS CATENATUS CATENATUS; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 79951597515     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/09-049R1.1     Document Type: Article

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