The meaning and consequences of foraging mode in snakes

Lizard Ecology: The Evolutionary Consequences of Foraging Mode

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 334-368

  Beaupre, Steven J ^a   Montgomery, Chad E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511752438.013     Document Type: Chapter

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