Annual variation in hatchling size in the red-eared slider turtle (Trachemys scripta elegans)

Herpetologica

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 8-13

  Tucker, John K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual variation; Climatic change; Egg size; Flexible shelled eggs; Hatchling size; Trachemys scripta; Turtles

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BODY SIZE; EGG SIZE;

TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA;

EID: 0034013041     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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