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Provedor de dados: | Acta Scientiarum: Biological Sciences
País: | Brazil
Título: | Single large or several small? The influence of prey size on feeding performance of Philodryas nattereri (Squamata: Serpentes)
Autores: | Pereira, Sara Catunda; Rodrigues, João Fabrício Mota; Borges-Nojosa, Diva Maria.
Data: | 2016-07-21
Ano: | 2016
Palavras-chave: | Captivity; Energetic return; Feeding behaviour; Handling time; Snakes Ecologia; Zoologia.
Resumo: | This study aimed at evaluating the energetic return and feeding time on Philodryas nattereri kept in captivity. Snakes were fed biweekly for 60 days (four feeding trials), in two different feeding treatments (single and multiple prey items). The energetic return revealed no significant difference between the feeding treatments; however, we found a negative relationship between snake size and prey handling time during a feed using multiple prey items. In P. nattereri, when large preys are as easy to find as small ones, there seems to be no difference in energetic return.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês

Identificador:

http://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciBiolSci/article/view/28774

10.4025/actascibiolsci.v38i1.28774

Editor: | Universidade Estadual De Maringá
Relação: | http://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciBiolSci/article/view/28774/pdf
Formato: | application/pdf

Fonte:

Acta Scientiarum. Biological Sciences; v. 38, n. 1 (2016); 25-28

Acta Scientiarum. Biological Sciences; v. 38, n. 1 (2016); 25-28

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