An experimental study of the influence of embryonic water availability, body size, and clutch on survivorship of neonatal red-eared sliders, trachemys scripta elegans

Herpetologica

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 67-74

  Filoramo, Nirvana I ^a   Janzen, Fredric J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Emydidae; Hatchling; Survivorship; Trachemys scripta elegans; Turtle; Water potential

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; NEONATE; SURVIVORSHIP; TURTLE; WATER AVAILABILITY;

AMPHIBIA; EMYDIDAE; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES; TRACHEMYS; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA ELEGANS;

EID: 0036196377     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/0018-0831(2002)058[0067:AESOTI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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