Antipredatory function of head shape for vipers and their mimics

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Valkonen, Janne K ^a   Nokelainen, Ossi ^a   Mappes, Johanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; EUROPEAN VIPER; HEAD SHAPE; HEAD SHAPE MIMICRY; HEAD TRIANGULATION; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR; PREDATOR AVOIDANCE; PREDATOR STRESS; RAPTOR; SNAKE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SURVIVAL RATE; ZIGZAG PATTERNED BODY; ANIMAL; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

ANIMALIA; COLUBRIDAE; NATRICINAE; RAPTORES; SERPENTES; VIPERINAE;

ANIMALS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 79960815212     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022272     Document Type: Article

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