Phylogeny of courtship and male-male combat behavior in snakes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Senter, Phil ^a   Harris, Shannon M ^a   Kent, Danielle L ^a  

^a FAYETTEVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BOIDAE; COLUBRIDAE; COLUBROIDEA; COURTSHIP; CROTALINAE; DIPSADINAE; ELAPIDAE; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; LAMPROPELTINI; LAMPROPHIINAE; MALE MALE COMBAT BEHAVIOR; NATRICINAE; NONHUMAN; PANTHEROPHIS; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOXYRHOPHIINAE; PYTHONINAE; SNAKE; UPPER CRETACEOUS; VIPERINAE; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BOIDAE; COLUBRIDAE; COLUBROIDEA; NATRICINAE; PANTHEROPHIS; SERPENTES;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COLUBRIDAE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COURTSHIP; PHYLOGENY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84907459397     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107528     Document Type: Article

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