Opossums (Mammalia: Didelphidae) in the diets of Neotropical pitvipers (Serpentes: Crotalinae): Evidence for alternative coevolutionary outcomes?

Toxicon

Volumn 66, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-6

  Voss, Robert S ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arms race; Bothrops; Coevolution; Predation; Venom

Indexed keywords

SNAKE VENOM;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; COEVOLUTION; CROTALINAE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PREY SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAKE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; OPOSSUMS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SNAKE VENOMS; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 84874432288     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: 18793150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2013.01.013     Document Type: Article

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