Size-dependent predation by snakes: selective foraging or differential prey vulnerability?
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Prey behavior, age-dependent vulnerability, and predation rates.
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عنوان ژورنال: Behavioral Ecology
سال: 2002
ISSN: 1465-7279
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/13.4.551