Basking is not of thermoregulatory significance in the 'basking' freshwater turtle Emydura signata

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 3, 1997, Pages 579-584

  Manning, Ben ^a   Grigg, Gordon C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DERMATEMYDIDAE; EMYDURA SIGNATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0030807985     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447562     Document Type: Article

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