Size-specific mortality and natural selection in freshwater turtles

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 3, 2000, Pages 732-739

  Bodie, J Russell ^a,b   Semlitsch, Raymond D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Bodie Design Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; MORTALITY; NATURAL SELECTION; SIZE EFFECT; TURTLE;

MISSOURI; MISSOURI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034604403     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2000)000[0732:SSMANS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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