Soil hydric characteristics and environmental ice nuclei influence supercooling capacity of hatchling painted turtles Chrysemys picta

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 201, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 3105-3112

  Costanzo, Jon P ^a   Litzgus, Jacqueline D ^a   Iverson, John B ^b   Lee Jr , Richard E ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EARLHAM COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chrysemyx picta; Cold hardiness; Freeze tolerance; Ice nucleus; Painted turtle; Soil; Supercooling; Survival

Indexed keywords

ICE; WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; FREEZING; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SOIL; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; FREEZING; ICE; SEASONS; SOIL; TURTLES; WATER;

ANIMALIA; CHRYSEMYS PICTA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0032215566     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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