The overwintering strategy of hatchling painted turtles, or how to survive in the cold without freezing

BioScience

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 199-207

  Packard, Gary C ^a   Packard, Mary J ^a  

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

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EID: 0035027142     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2001)051[0199:TOSOHP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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