Factorial scope of ingestion and the potential functional response of puff adders (Bitis arietans) to high prey abundance
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-99550-3
Abstract: Historically, snakes have been considered to have a weak functional response to changing prey abundance due to their ectothermic physiology and slow digestion. I measured aspects of food consumption in a captive colony of puff… read more here.
Keywords: puff adders; puff; prey abundance; response ... See more keywords