Phenotypic basis for a feeding change in an insular population of garter snakes
dc.contributor.author | Greenwell, Martin G. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Hall, Martha C. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Sexton, Owen J. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2007-04-06T18:02:15Z | |
dc.date.available | 2007-04-06T18:02:15Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1984-09 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Greenwell, Martin G.; Hall, Martha; Sexton, Owen J. (1984)."Phenotypic basis for a feeding change in an insular population of garter snakes." Developmental Psychobiology 17(5): 457-463. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/49860> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0012-1630 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1098-2302 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/49860 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=6479450&dopt=citation | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Predation on birds, an unusual behavior for the common garter snake ( Thamnophis sirtalis ), has been observed and documented in an insular garter snake population. Feeding preference tests were performed on naive neonatal snakes and experienced adults from both the island test population and a nearby mainland control population. No significant preference for birds as a prey item was found for either neonates or adults from either population. Therefore, neither a genetic nor an ontogenetic basis for the observed behavior was demonstrable. Birds tainted with a piscine odor, however, elicited a positive feeding response from adult snakes from both geographical sources. We propose that the observed behavior in the field is a result of learning to exploit an abundant, readily available resource already in the predator's repertoire. | en_US |
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dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.format.mimetype | text/plain | |
dc.publisher | Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Psychology | en_US |
dc.title | Phenotypic basis for a feeding change in an insular population of garter snakes | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.rights.robots | IndexNoFollow | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Science | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri and University of Michigan Biology Station, Pellston, Michigan | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri and University of Michigan Biology Station, Pellston, Michigan | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri and University of Michigan Biology Station, Pellston, Michigan ; Box 1137, Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, U.S.A. | en_US |
dc.identifier.pmid | 6479450 | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/49860/1/420170504_ftp.pdf | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/dev.420170504 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Developmental Psychobiology | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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