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ArticleEcology and evolution2025

Hard to Swallow: Scaling Relationships Between the Size of Avian Prey and the Overall Size and Maximal Gape of Brown Treesnakes.

Shane R Siers, Juan-Carlos Mungaray, Martin Kastner, Bruce C Jayne

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Article in Ecology and evolution, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Shane R SiersUnited States Department of Agriculture, Wildlife Services National Wildlife Research Center Barrigada Guam.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7961-5072
Juan-Carlos MungarayResearch Corporation of the University of Guam University of Guam Mangilao Guam.
Martin KastnerDepartment of Fish and Wildlife Conservation Virginia Tech Blacksburg Virginia USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2957-437X
Bruce C JayneDepartment of Biological Sciences University of Cincinnati Cincinnati Ohio USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2564-7524

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Snakes are a useful model for gaining insights into the relationships between predator and prey sizes and resource utilization because their anatomy limits the size of prey that can be swallowed whole. However, data are sparse regarding how commonly gape-limited predators eat or attempt to eat prey with sizes up to or exceeding their maximal gape. Thus, for an invasive predator, the brown treesnake (

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allometrybehaviorbirdfeeding ecologypredationsnake

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PMID40260145
PMCPMC12011407

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