Broad geographic, taxonomic and ecological patterns of interpopulation variation in the dietary habits of snakes

Because of their unique morphological and ecological characteristics (i.e. being obligate carnivorous, solitary, and ingesting their prey whole), snakes are expected to show unusual dietary patterns compared to other ectothermic vertebrates, and the best way to explore this is to analyse the snake d...

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Main Author: L. Luiselli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2006-06-01
Series:Web Ecology
Online Access:http://www.web-ecol.net/6/2/2006/we-6-2-2006.pdf