Relationships between body size, population abundance and niche characteristics in the communities of snakes from three habitats in southern Nigeria

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• Publication year

  2005

• Venue

  Journal of Zoology

• Publication date

  2005-02-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1017/S0952836904006211
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