Testing the precision and accuracy of age estimation using lines in scutes of Chelydra serpentina and Chrysemys picta

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 521-529

  Brooks, Ronald J ^a   Krawchuk, Margaret A ^a   Stevens, Cameron ^a   Koper, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHELYDRA SERPENTINA; CHRYSEMYS PICTA;

EID: 0031467222     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565604     Document Type: Article

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