Short-term movements of the South American rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus) in southeastern Brazil

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Autor(a) principal: Tozetti, Alexandro Marques
Data de Publicação: 2009
Outros Autores: Vettorazzo, Victor, Martins, Marcio
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da FURG (RI FURG)
Texto Completo: http://repositorio.furg.br/handle/1/88
Resumo: Ecological studies of movements in animals require extensive knowledge of direction, distance and frequency ofmovements. The purpose of this study was to describe the daily and seasonal movements in a population of the South American rattlesnake, Crotalus durissus. The study population inhabits a cerrado area in southeastern Brazil. Snakes were tracked with externally attached radio-transmitters and thread bobbins. Larger animals tended to make more extensive daily movements, moving further from the initial site of capture. There were no differences in average daily movements between sexes. Site fidelity was higher in the dry season for both sexes. Both sexes moved distances twice as long as those calculated by drawing a straight line between consecutive points. The movement pattern of C. durissus seemed to be similar to that observed in other tropical pit vipers, such as species of the genus Bothrops.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Short-term movements of the South American rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus) in southeastern Brazil
title Short-term movements of the South American rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus) in southeastern Brazil
spellingShingle Short-term movements of the South American rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus) in southeastern Brazil
Tozetti, Alexandro Marques
Daily movement
Radio telemetry
Seasonal movement
Spool-and-line tracking device
title_short Short-term movements of the South American rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus) in southeastern Brazil
title_full Short-term movements of the South American rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus) in southeastern Brazil
title_fullStr Short-term movements of the South American rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus) in southeastern Brazil
title_full_unstemmed Short-term movements of the South American rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus) in southeastern Brazil
title_sort Short-term movements of the South American rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus) in southeastern Brazil
author Tozetti, Alexandro Marques
author_facet Tozetti, Alexandro Marques
Vettorazzo, Victor
Martins, Marcio
author_role author
author2 Vettorazzo, Victor
Martins, Marcio
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Tozetti, Alexandro Marques
Vettorazzo, Victor
Martins, Marcio
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Daily movement
Radio telemetry
Seasonal movement
Spool-and-line tracking device
topic Daily movement
Radio telemetry
Seasonal movement
Spool-and-line tracking device
description Ecological studies of movements in animals require extensive knowledge of direction, distance and frequency ofmovements. The purpose of this study was to describe the daily and seasonal movements in a population of the South American rattlesnake, Crotalus durissus. The study population inhabits a cerrado area in southeastern Brazil. Snakes were tracked with externally attached radio-transmitters and thread bobbins. Larger animals tended to make more extensive daily movements, moving further from the initial site of capture. There were no differences in average daily movements between sexes. Site fidelity was higher in the dry season for both sexes. Both sexes moved distances twice as long as those calculated by drawing a straight line between consecutive points. The movement pattern of C. durissus seemed to be similar to that observed in other tropical pit vipers, such as species of the genus Bothrops.
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dc.identifier.uri.fl_str_mv TOZETTI, A. M. ; VETORAZZO, V. ; MARTINS, M. Short-term movements of the South American rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus) in southeastern Brazil. Herpetological Journal, v. 19, p. 201-206, 2009.
0268-0130
http://repositorio.furg.br/handle/1/88
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