Maintenance of digestive performance in the turtles Chelydra serpentina, Sternotherus odoratus, and Trachemys scripta

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 1, 1999, Pages 75-84

  Secor, Stephen M ^a,b   Diamond, Jared ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGESTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; TURTLE;

CHELYDRA SERPENTINA; STERNOTHERUS ODORATUS; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA;

EID: 0033524898     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447387     Document Type: Article

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