An ontogenetic shift in the response of heart rates to temperature in the developing snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina)

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 287-291

  Birchard, Geoffrey F ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acclimation; Chelydra; Development; Egg; Heart rate; Ontogeny; Reptile; Temperature; Turtle

Indexed keywords

CHELYDRA SERPENTINA;

EID: 0034096986     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4565(99)00100-X     Document Type: Article

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