Reproduction in the western box turtle, Terrapene ornata luteola

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 4, 1997, Pages 819-826

  Nieuwolt Dacanay, Pimmy M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOX TURTLE; CLUTCH SIZE; EGG SIZE; MATERNAL BODY SIZE; RAINFALL; REPRODUCTION; SPRING;

EMYDIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; TERRAPENE; TERRAPENE ORNATA; TERRAPENE ORNATA LUTEOLA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0031439266     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447299     Document Type: Article

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