Growth curves for Graptemys, with a comparison to other emydid turtles

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 141-151

  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

GROWTH RATE; TURTLE; VON BERTALANFFY EQUATION;

EMYDIDAE; GRAPTEMYS; GRAPTEMYS CAGLEI; GRAPTEMYS ERNSTI; GRAPTEMYS OUACHITENSIS; GRAPTEMYS PSEUDOGEOGRAPHICA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032789630     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(1999)142[0141:GCFGWA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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