A comparison of diel nest temperature and nest site selection for two sympatric species of freshwater turtles

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 181-186

  Bodie, J Russell ^a,b   Smith, Kelley R ^c   Burke, Vincent J ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d National Biological Service   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINOSTERNON; KINOSTERNON SUBRUBRUM SUBRUBRUM; PSEUDEMYS; PSEUDEMYS CONCINNA FLORIDANA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0029911895     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2426643     Document Type: Article

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