Nesting activities of an Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtle, Apalone spinifera

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 104-107

  Daigle, Claude ^a   Galois, Patrick ^b   Chagnon, Yves ^c  

^a Soc la Faune et des Parcs du Que   (Canada)

^b Societe d'Hist N de la V du S L   (Canada)

^c Soc la Faune et des Parcs du Quebec   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activity; Apalone spinifera; Canada; Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtle; Movement; Nesting; Qu bec

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; MOVEMENT; NESTING; TURTLE;

CANADA;

AMPHIBIA; APALONE; APALONE SPINIFERA SPINIFERA; MYA ARENARIA; REPTILIA; SPINY; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0036461657     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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