Aggressive interactions during basking among four species of emydid turtles

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 214-219

  Lindeman, Peter V ^a,b,c  

^a MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c Madisonville Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMYDIDAE; GRAPTEMYS OUACHITENSIS; GRAPTEMYS PSEUDOGEOGRAPHICA; PSEUDEMYS CONCINNA; TESTUDINES; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA;

EID: 0032704353     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565717     Document Type: Article

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