Post-hatching substrate moisture and overwintering hatchling turtles

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 608-615

  Tucker, John K ^a   Paukstis, Gary L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTUDINES; TRACHEMYS; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA ELEGANS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032762876     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565577     Document Type: Article

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