Surveys of basking map turtles Graptemys spp. in three river drainages and the importance of deadwood abundance

Biological Conservation

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-42

  Lindeman, Peter V ^a,b  

^a MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Deadwood; Graptemys flavimaculata; Graptemys gibbonsi; Graptemys oculifera; Graptemys ouachitensis; Graptemys pseudogeographica kohnii; Map turtles; Species status

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; RIVER; TURTLE;

UNITED STATES;

GRAPTEMYS FLAVIMACULATA; GRAPTEMYS GIBBONSI; GRAPTEMYS OCULIFERA; GRAPTEMYS OUACHITENSIS; GRAPTEMYS PSEUDOGEOGRAPHICA;

EID: 0032925042     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(98)00093-7     Document Type: Article

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