Response of red-eared slider, Trachemys scripta elegans, eggs to slightly differing water potentials

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 124-128

  Tucker, John K ^a   Filoramo, Nirvana I ^b,d   Paukstis, Gary L ^c   Janzen, Fredric J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Connecticut ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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EID: 0031745643     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565492     Document Type: Article

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