Do sidewinder rattlesnakes (Crotalus cerastes, Viperidae) cease feeding during the breeding season?

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 1, 2012, Pages 100-105

  Webber, Michael M ^a   Glaudas, Xavier ^a   Rodríguez Robles, Javier A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BIOENERGETICS; BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SEASON; ENCOUNTER RATE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LOCOMOTION; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SNAKE; STOMACH CONTENT;

CROTALUS; CROTALUS CERASTES; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 84859524071     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/CP-10-181     Document Type: Conference Paper

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