Why hatchling Blanding's turtles don't overwinter inside their nest

Herpetologica

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 367-374

  Packard, G C ^a   Packard, M J ^a   Lang, J W ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold tolerance; Freezing; Overwintering; Supercooling; Turtles

Indexed keywords

FREEZING; JUVENILE; SUPERCOOLING; TURTLE;

EMYDOIDEA BLANDINGII;

EID: 0033820150     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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