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Measuring snake activity patterns: The influence of habitat heterogeneity on catchability

In: Amphibia-Reptilia
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Martin J. Whiting Present address: Department of Herpetology, Transvaal Museum, P.O. Box 413, Pretoria 0001, South Africa

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James R. Dixon Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA

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Brian D. Greene Present address: 819 East Guinevere, Springfield, Missouri 65807, USA

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Online Publication Date:
01 Jan 1996
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Abstract

Activity patterns for two populations of the Concho water snake (Nerodia harteri paucimaculata) were studied in a large lake system in central Texas, USA, and compared to a river population. Trap data suggested different activity patterns for the two geographically proximate lake populations. Testing of the trap data using the program CAPTURE revealed differences in catchability rather than activity cycles. Based on these results, the apparent activity patterns for one of the lake sites was considered erroneous; and the differences in catchability were ascribed to habitat differences. It is suggested that future studies should incorporate a test of equal catchability when making interpopulational comparisons.

Title:
Measuring snake activity patterns: The influence of habitat heterogeneity on catchability
Article Type:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/156853896X00289
Language:
English
Pages:
47–54
In:
Amphibia-Reptilia
In:
Volume 17: Issue 1
Publisher:
Brill
E-ISSN:
1568-5381
Print ISSN:
0173-5373
Subjects:
Biology & Environmental Sciences, Biology

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