Annual and local variation in reproduction in the red-eared slider, Trachemys scripta elegans

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 515-526

  Tucker, John K ^a,c   Paukstis, Gary L ^b   Janzen, Fredric J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b Loim State University ^*  (United States)

^c Loim State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA;

EID: 0032444579     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565205     Document Type: Article

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