Incubation Temperature and Growth of Brisbane River Turtle (Emydura signata) Hatchlings

Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

Volumn 1999, Issue 121, 1999, Pages 45-52

  Booth, David T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emydura; Growth; Hatchling; Incubation; Temperature; Turtle

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001991912     PISSN: 0370047X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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