The effect of egg size and incubation temperature on growth in the turtle, Malaclemys terrapin

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 198-204

  Roosenburg, Willem M ^a,b   Kelley, Katherine C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMYDIDAE; MALACLEMYS TERRAPIN; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0030423970     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565510     Document Type: Article

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