Effects of hydric conditions during incubation on overwintering hatchlings of the red-eared slider turtle (Trachemys scripta elegans)

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 29-35

  Filoramo, Nirvana I ^a,b   Janzen, Fredric J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INVERTEBRATA; TESTUDINES; TRACHEMYS; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA ELEGANS;

EID: 0032720452     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565540     Document Type: Article

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