Cryptic sociality in rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus) detected by kinship analysis

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 523-525

  Clark, Rulon W ^a   Brown, William S ^b   Stechert, Randy ^c   Greene, Harry W ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Crotalus horridus; Indirect fitness; Kin recognition; Social behaviour

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIRD; CHEMICAL CUE; FITNESS; GENETIC MARKER; JUVENILE; KINSHIP; MAMMAL; PARENTAL CARE; RELATEDNESS; SNAKE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CROTALUS; CROTALUS HORRIDUS; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 84864447096     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.1217     Document Type: Article

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