Delayed Sexual Maturity and Demographics of Blanding's Turtles (Emydoidea blandingii): Implications for Conservation and Management of Long‐Lived Organisms

Conservation Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 826-833

  CONGDON, JUSTIN D ^a   DUNHAM, ARTHUR E ^b   VAN LOBEN SELS, R C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Red Mountain High School   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLANDING'S TURTLE; CONSERVATION; SEXUAL MATURITY;

CHELONIIDAE; EMYDOIDEA BLANDINGII; TESTUDINES; TESTUDINIDAE;

EID: 0027331712     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1993.740826.x     Document Type: Article

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