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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1870-3453</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista mexicana de biodiversidad]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Mex. Biodiv.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1870-3453</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto de Biología]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S1870-34532015000200550</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1016/j.rmb.2015.04.001</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Predation of nestling house finches (Haemorhous mexicanus) by a dusky rattlesnake, Crotalus aquilus, in Hidalgo, Mexico]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Depredación de pollos del gorrión mexicano (Haemorhous mexicanus) por la serpiente de cascabel, Crotalus aquilus, en Hidalgo, México]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rebón-Gallardo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Fanny]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Flores-Villela]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Oscar]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ortíz-Ramírez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[David R.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="A01">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Facultad de Ciencias Museo de Zoología]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[México D.F.]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2015</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2015</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>86</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>550</fpage>
<lpage>552</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1870-34532015000200550&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1870-34532015000200550&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1870-34532015000200550&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[For the first time, a case of predation on a Haemorhous mexicanus nest by the dusky rattlesnake Crotalus aquilus is presented. The phenomenon of gluttony by this rattlesnake, which may have caused the death of the snake is also documented; since it had already eaten an adult Peromyscus maniculatus before consuming the 4 chicks in the nest.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Se presenta por primera vez un caso de depredación de un nido de Haemorhous mexicanus por una cascabel Crotalus aquilus . Con este caso también se documenta el fenómeno de glotonería por parte de la serpiente de cascabel; mismo que le pudo haber provocado la muerte, pues además de haberse comido los 4 pollos del nido ya tenía en su estómago un adulto del roedor Peromyscus maniculatus .]]></p></abstract>
<kwd-group>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Alimentación]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Glotonería]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Depredación]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Viperidae]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Fringillidae]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Serpientes de cascabel enanas]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Serpientes de cascabel de montaña]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[México]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Feeding]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Gluttony]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Predation]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Viperidae]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Fringillidae]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Pygmy rattlesnakes]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Montane rattlesnakes]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Mexico]]></kwd>
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