Authors
  • Weatherhead, Patrick J.
  • Barry, Frances
  • Brown, Gregory P.
  • Forbes, Mark R.
Universities
URL
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00167791
Long URL
https://s3.amazonaws.com/academia.edu.documents/45466837/Sex_ratios_mating_behavior_and_sexual_si20160508-11774-9qfs2p.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAIWOWYYGZ2Y53UL3A&Expires=1528838587&Signature=xacW838qCh3aoJXtSetmFCYDj%2FI%3D&response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3DSex_ratios_mating_behavior_and_sexual_si.pdf

Summary

Competition among males to mate is generally associated with male-biased size dimorphism. In this study we examine mating behavior in the northern water snake (Nerodia sipedon), a species in which males are much smaller than females despite substantial competition among males to mate.

Methodology

Catch and mark snakes, surveys

Location