Within and among clutch variation in the composition of Chelydra serpentina eggs with initial egg mass

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 620-624

  Finkler, Michael S ^a   Claussen, Dennis L ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHELYDRA SERPENTINA;

EID: 0031455463     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565627     Document Type: Article

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