Calorimetric analysis of neonatal water snakes, Nerodia sipedon

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 422-425

  Barron, James N ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NERODIA SIPEDON; SERPENTES;

EID: 0030968599     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565672     Document Type: Article

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