Does prey availability determine seasonal patterns of habitat selection in Texas ratsnakes

Agriculture & Biology

• habitat preferences 74%
• snakes 72%
• seasonal variation 63%
• habitats 42%
• winter 40%
• home range 38%
• small mammals 26%
• birds 22%
• Elaphe obsoleta 20%
• microhabitats 12%
• savannas 12%
• trapping 11%
• rocks 11%
• breeding season 10%
• canopy 9%
• nests 9%
• foraging 9%
• predators 9%
• mammals 8%
• diet 6%
• animals 5%
• testing 4%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• prey availability 100%
• home range 43%
• winter 37%
• bird 30%
• habitat 30%
• food requirement 18%
• breeding season 15%
• ground cover 15%
• microhabitat 13%
• nest 13%
• shelter 12%
• trapping 11%
• mammal 10%
• diet 10%
• predator 10%
• canopy 9%
• animal 8%
• analysis 6%
• rock 5%