Is ground-nuzzling by female turtles associated with soil surface temperatures?

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 668-672

  Morjan, C L ^a   Valenzuela, N ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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TESTUDINES;

EID: 0035664676     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565908     Document Type: Article

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