Resource partitioning in amphibians and reptiles

CA Toft - Copeia, 1985 - JSTOR
Resource partitioning, or differences in how species use resources, has been studied in a
wide variety of amphibians and reptiles, and causes for resource-partitioning patterns are …

Resource partitioning and interspecific competition in snakes: the search for general geographical and guild patterns

L Luiselli - Oikos, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
The role of interspecific competition as a key factor in the ecology of natural communities
where species exploit limited resources is well established, and the study of competition …

Importance of riparian habitats for small mammal and herpetofaunal communities in agricultural landscapes of southern Québec

C Maisonneuve, S Rioux - Agriculture, ecosystems & environment, 2001 - Elsevier
The presence of adequate riparian strips in agricultural landscapes is generally recognized
to contribute to the reduction of the impacts of agricultural practices on the water quality of …

Habitat separation between sympatric snake populations

HK Reinert - Ecology, 1984 - Wiley Online Library
Quantitative data consisting of 14 structural habitat variables and 5 climatic variables were
obtained from 505 telemetric relocations of 21 timber rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus) and 20 …

Illegal killing of nongame wildlife and recreational shooting in conservation areas

TE Katzner, JD Carlisle, SA Poessel… - … Science and Practice, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Illegal killing of nongame wildlife is a global yet poorly documented problem. The
prevalence and ecological consequences of illegal killing are often underestimated or …

Comparative ecology of two snake species (Crotalus viridis and Pituophis melanoleucus) in southwestern Idaho

LV Diller, RL Wallace - Herpetologica, 1996 - JSTOR
Comparative ecology of Crotalus viridis (western rattlesnake) and Pituophis melanoleucus
(gopher snake) was studied from 1975-1980 within and near the Snake River Birds of Prey …

Habitat use in free-ranging pine snakes, Pituophis melanoleucus, in New Jersey pine barrens

J Burger, RT Zappalorti - Herpetologica, 1988 - JSTOR
Five male and five female pine snakes (Pituophis melanoleucus) were fitted with radio
transmitters for 1 yr in the New Jersey Pine Barrens. Habitat selection by radio-tracked …

Shifts in the relative abundance of snakes in a desert grassland

JR Mendelson III, WB Jennings - Journal of Herpetology, 1992 - JSTOR
Distribution, diversity and relative abundance of snake species on roads through desert
grasslands in Arizona and New Mexico were compared to data in a previously published …

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

L Luiselli - Web Ecology, 2006 - we.copernicus.org
Because of their unique morphological and ecological characteristics (ie being obligate
carnivorous, solitary, and ingesting their prey whole), snakes are expected to show unusual …