Factorial scope of ingestion and the potential functional response of puff adders (Bitis arietans) to high prey abundance

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 adders (Bitis arietans) to evaluate their functional response. I...

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Main Author: Graham J. Alexander
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-99550-3
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