Conditional mating strategy in a long-lived vertebrate: Ontogenetic shifts in the mating tactics of male slider turtles (Trachemys scripta)

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 2, 2002, Pages 456-461

  Thomas, R Brent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA UPSTATE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR MORPH; COURTSHIP; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATING BEHAVIOR; ONTOGENY; TURTLE;

AMPHIBIA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES; TRACHEMYS; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036107490     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2002)002[0456:CMSIAL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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