Plasticity in ornate box turtle thermal preference

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 298-301

  Curtin, Charles G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TERRAPENE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0031837099     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565316     Document Type: Article

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