Ontogenetic shifts in a prey's chemical defences influence feeding responses of a snake predator.

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Published in Oecologia on August 01, 2012

Authors

John Llewelyn1, Kris Bell, Lin Schwarzkopf, Ross A Alford, Richard Shine

Author Affiliations

1: School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia. John.Llewelyn@jcu.edu.au

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