Influence of temperature, body size, and inter-individual variation on forced and voluntary swimming and crawling speeds in Nerodia sipedon and Regina septemvittata

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 62-71

  Finkler, Michael S ^a,b   Claussen, Dennis L ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY KOKOMO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; NERODIA SIPEDON; REGINA SEPTEMVITTATA; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032727946     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565543     Document Type: Article

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