Tolerance for freezing in hatchling turtles

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 536-543

  Packard, Gary C ^a   Packard, Mary J ^a   Lang, Jeffrey W ^b   Tucker, John K ^c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CHELYDRA SERPENTINA; CHELYDRIDAE; CHRYSEMYS PICTA; EMYDOIDEA; EMYDOIDEA BLANDINGI; TESTUDINES; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA;

EID: 0032763280     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565569     Document Type: Article

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