Individual Growth Rates of Nikolsky’s Viper, Vipera berus nikolskii (Squamata, Viperidae)

Capture-mark-recapture data was used to infer growth rates of the Nikolsky’s viper, Vipera berus nikolskii (Vedmederja, Grubant et Rudaeva, 1986), in the Eastern Ukraine. We have found that growth rate is negatively correlated with age. The difference in growth rates before maturation is not signifi...

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Main Authors: Bondarenko Z. S., Zinenko O. I.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2016-02-01
Series:Vestnik Zoologii
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/vzoo-2016-0008