Rates of water loss and estimates of survival time under varying humidity in juvenile snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina)

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 2, 2001, Pages 521-525

  Finkler, Michael S ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY KOKOMO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DEHYDRATION; HUMIDITY; MOVEMENT; SURFACE AREA; SURVIVAL; TURTLE;

CHELYDRA SERPENTINA;

EID: 0035340595     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2001)001[0521:ROWLAE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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