Size and characteristics of a Wood Turtle, Clemmys insculpta, population in Southern Quebec

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 440-444

  Daigle, Claude ^a  

^a Min l'Environnement et de la Faune   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clemmys insculpta; Population density; Quebec; Size; Survey technique; Wood Turtle

Indexed keywords

CLEMMYS INSCULPTA;

BODY SIZE; POPULATION SIZE; WOOD TURTLE;

CANADA, QUEBEC;

EID: 0030609668     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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