Thermal environment, behavior, and body condition of wild Pseudemydura umbrina (Testudines: Chelidae) during late winter and early spring

Herpetologica

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 103-112

  King, J M ^a   Kuchling, G ^a   Bradshaw, S D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Basking; Body condition; Chelidae; Pseudemydura umbrina; Temperature selection; Testudines; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BEHAVIOURAL ECOLOGY; BODY CONDITION; HABITAT USE; MICROCLIMATE;

PSEUDEMYDURA UMBRINA; PSEUDOEMYDURA UMBRINA;

EID: 0031967518     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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