Food resources influence spatial ecology, habitat selection, and foraging behavior in an ambush-hunting snake (Viperidae: Bothrops asper): An experimental study

Zoology

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 179-187

  Wasko, Dennis K ^a   Sasa, Mahmood ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^c Organization for Tropical Studies Costa Rica   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Home range; Pit vipers; Resource dependence; Spatial ecology; Supplemental feeding

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BOTHROPS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BOTHROPS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; BOTHROPS; BOTHROPS ASPER; CROTALINAE; MAMMALIA; SERPENTES; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 84861577018     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2011.10.001     Document Type: Article

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