Frequency of reproduction in female western diamond-backed rattlesnakes from the Sonoran Desert of Arizona is variable in individuals: Potential role of rainfall and prey densities

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 284, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 105-113

  Schuett, G W ^a   Repp, R A ^b   Hoss, S K ^c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate and rainfall; Income and capital reproduction; Iteroparity; Life history; Reptilia; Rodent and small mammal densities; Serpentes; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIFE HISTORY; MUSEUM; POPULATION DENSITY; PREY AVAILABILITY; RADIOTELEMETRY; RAINFALL; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; RODENT; SAMPLING; SNAKE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TRADE-OFF;

ARIZONA; SONORAN DESERT; UNITED STATES;

ARIZONA (SNAKE); CROTALUS; CROTALUS ATROX; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; RODENTIA; SERPENTES; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 79956108826     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2010.00786.x     Document Type: Article

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