Mortality patterns and the cost of reproduction in a northern population of Ratsnakes, Elaphe obsoleta

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 100-103

  Weatherhead, Patrick J ^a   Blouin Demers, Gabriel ^b   Sperry, Jinelle H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c Engineer Research and Development Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PANTHEROPHIS OBSOLETUS; SERPENTES;

EID: 84859091016     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/11-022     Document Type: Article

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