Responses of turtle assemblage to environmental gradients in the St. Croix River in Minnesota and Wisconsin, U.S.A.

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 989-1000

  DonnerWright, Deahn M ^a   Bozek, Michael A ^b   Probst, John R ^a   Anderson, Eric M ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; RIVER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TURTLE;

MINNESOTA; SAINT CROIX RIVER; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

APALONE SPINIFERA; CHELYDRA SERPENTINA; CHRYSEMYS; CHRYSEMYS PICTA; CHRYSEMYS PICTA BELLII; CYRESTIS THYODAMAS; GRAPTEMYS GEOGRAPHICA; GRAPTEMYS PSEUDOGEOGRAPHICA; MYA ARENARIA; SPINY; TESTUDINES; TRIONYCHIDAE;

EID: 0033305892     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z99-068     Document Type: Article

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