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| Martinez,Melissa Gaste; Ducatti,Carlos; Silva,Evandro Tadeu; Sant’Anna,Savio Stefanini; Sartori,Maria Márcia Pereira; Barraviera,Benedito. |
| Background Environmental devastation threatens the survival of many species, including venomous snakes such as the South American rattlesnake Crotalus durissus terrificus. This observation is based on the decrease of snakes collected and donated to Brazilian research institutes. Nevertheless, some individuals have managed to survive and procreate. The question is how these snakes are adapting in these new environmental conditions.Methods To answer it, the carbon-13 level of rattlesnakes and their feed (either laboratory or wild mice) was evaluated by isotope-ratio mass spectrometry. Thus, rattle segments from 16 adults and 15 offspring of captive snakes, and of three wild newborn C. d. terrificus were evaluated as well as 17 Mus musculus mice captured in... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Food; Carbon-13; Crotalus durissus terrificus; Stable isotopes. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992014000200342 |
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