Correlated geographic variation in predation risk and antipredator behaviour within a wide-ranging snake species (Notechis scutatus, Elapidae)

Austral Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 446-452

  Aubret, Fabien ^a,b   Michniewicz, Radika J ^a   Shine, Richard ^b  

^a Moulis   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behavioural plasticity; Islands; Notechis; Predation; Snake

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; DATA SET; DIVERGENCE; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; ISLAND; NEONATE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SNAKE; SPECIES RICHNESS; VIGOR;

AUSTRALIA;

ELAPIDAE; NOTECHIS; NOTECHIS SCUTATUS; SERPENTES; SPILOTES PULLATUS PULLATUS;

EID: 79957590373     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2010.02171.x     Document Type: Article

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