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Microgeographic variation in the diets of garter snakes

Microgeographic variation in the diets of garter snakes Diets of the terrestrial garter snake ( Thamnophis elegans ) and the common garter snake ( T. sirtalis ) were studied at 22 sites in an area of about 250 km 2 in northern California, during the summers of 1978–80. Overall, T. sirtalis consumed mostly amphibian and T. elegans ate an equal mixture of amphibians, fish, and leeches. However, this was more an effect of differential distribution of the two species among sites than of habitat partitioning within sites. Site was 5 times better as a predictor of diet than was species of snake. The relative frequency of T. sirtalis at the sites was correlated with the number of amphibian species. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Oecologia Springer Journals

Microgeographic variation in the diets of garter snakes

Oecologia , Volume 52 (2) – Feb 1, 1982

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 1982 by Springer-Verlag
Subject
Life Sciences; Ecology; Plant Sciences
ISSN
0029-8549
eISSN
1432-1939
DOI
10.1007/BF00363852
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Abstract

Diets of the terrestrial garter snake ( Thamnophis elegans ) and the common garter snake ( T. sirtalis ) were studied at 22 sites in an area of about 250 km 2 in northern California, during the summers of 1978–80. Overall, T. sirtalis consumed mostly amphibian and T. elegans ate an equal mixture of amphibians, fish, and leeches. However, this was more an effect of differential distribution of the two species among sites than of habitat partitioning within sites. Site was 5 times better as a predictor of diet than was species of snake. The relative frequency of T. sirtalis at the sites was correlated with the number of amphibian species.

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OecologiaSpringer Journals

Published: Feb 1, 1982

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