Incubation temperature and sex affect mass and energy reserves of hatchling snapping turtles, Chelydra serpentina

Oikos

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 311-319

  Rhen, Turk ^a,b   Lang, Jeffrey W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY; INCUBATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WEIGHT;

CHELYDRA SERPENTINA; CHELYDRIDAE; EMYDIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0032865998     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546448     Document Type: Article

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