Cardiac activity in supercooled hatchlings of the painted turtle (Chrysemys picta)

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 166-169

  Birchard, Geoffrey F ^a   Packard, Gary C ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRYSEMYS PICTA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0030904297     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565351     Document Type: Article

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