Thermal and fitness-related consequences of nest location in Painted Turtles (Chrysemys picta)

Functional Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 94-101

  Weisrock, D W ^a   Janzen, F J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hibernation temperature; Incubation temperature; Sex ratio; Survivorship; Vegetational cover

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; NEST SITE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TURTLE;

CHRYSEMYS PICTA;

EID: 0032995278     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1999.00288.x     Document Type: Article

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