Ecological correlates of invasion impact for Burmese pythons in Florida

Integrative Zoology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 254-270

  Reed, Robert N ^a   Willson, John D ^b   Rodda, Gordon H ^a   Dorcas, Michael E ^c  

^a FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DAVIDSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Burmese python; Florida; Invasive species; Python molurus

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BOIDAE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LONGEVITY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BOIDAE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FLORIDA; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LONGEVITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

MAMMALIA; PYTHON MOLURUS; PYTHON MOLURUS BIVITTATUS; PYTHONIDAE; REPTILIA;

EID: 84868218423     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17494877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-4877.2012.00304.x     Document Type: Article

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