The effects of hormonally induced oviposition on egg viability in the common snapping turtle Chelydra serpentina

Herpetologica

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-7

  Wilgenbusch, James C ^a,b   Gantz, Donald T ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Smithsonian Museum Support Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Chelydra serpentina; Egg collection; Eggs; Hormonal induction; Oxytocin; Turtles

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; EGG SIZE; HATCHING; OVIPOSITION; TURTLE;

CHELYDRA SERPENTINA;

EID: 0034017165     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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