| Preliminary Insights into the Habitat Preferences of the Centralian Bandy Bandy （Vermicella vermiformis）（Squamata： Elapidae） in Central Australia |
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| 引用本文： | Peter J.MCDONALD,Gary W.LUCK. Preliminary Insights into the Habitat Preferences of the Centralian Bandy Bandy （Vermicella vermiformis）（Squamata： Elapidae） in Central Australia[J]. 亚洲两栖爬行动物研究(英文版), 2014, 0(1): 49-53 |
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| 作者姓名： | Peter J.MCDONALD Gary W.LUCK |
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| 作者单位： | [1]Flora and Fauna Division, Department of Land Resource Management, Northern Territory Government, Alice Springs, NT, Australia [2]School of Environmental Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Albury, NSW, Australia [3]Institudefor Land, Water and Society, Charles Sturt University, Albury, NSW, Australia |
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| 基金项目： | funded by an operating grant through Charles Sturt University |
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| 摘 要： | Bandy Bandy’s（Vermicella spp.）are a striking,black-and-white ringed genus of small elapid snakes endemic to Australia.All taxa are burrowers and little is known of their biology and ecology.We investigated the habitat preferences of the only arid-dwelling species,the centralian bandy bandy（Vermicella vermiformis）,in the MacDonnell Ranges west of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory.Using systematic road-cruising,we encountered 16V.vermiformis over a 12 months period between 2009 and 2010.We used logistic regression to model the occurrence of the species against a range of different habitat variables collected at multiple scales.Despite the small sample size,V.vermiformis exhibited a clear preference for acacia shrubland habitats,with acacia variables present in all AICc ranked models in the 95%confidence set.The factors driving this association,together with the preference for habitat not burnt in the most recent wildfires,may be related to the abundance of their only known prey,blind snakes（Ramphotyphlops spp.）.
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| 关 键 词： | 澳大利亚 眼镜蛇 栖息地 偏好 logistic回归 有鳞目 国际会议中心 使用系统 |
Preliminary Insights into the Habitat Preferences of the Centralian Bandy Bandy (Vermicella vermiformis)(Squamata: Elapidae) in Central Australia |
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| Peter J.MCDONALD,Gary W.LUCK. Preliminary Insights into the Habitat Preferences of the Centralian Bandy Bandy (Vermicella vermiformis)(Squamata: Elapidae) in Central Australia[J]. Asian Herpetological Research, 2014, 0(1): 49-53 |
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| Authors: | Peter J.MCDONALD Gary W.LUCK |
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| Abstract: | Snake Arid Acacia Fire Ramphotyphlops |
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| Keywords: | Snake Arid Acacia Fire Ramphotyphlops |
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