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Using natricine snakes to test how prey type and size affect predatory behaviors and performance

INTRODUCTION: Predation is a complex process for which behavior, morphology, and size of both predator and prey can affect the success and effectiveness of the predator. For predators such as snakes that swallow prey whole, gape ultimately limits prey size, but the behaviors used to select, capture,...

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Autores principales: Gripshover, Noah D., Jayne, Bruce C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10196387/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37214640
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2023.1134131