Sex ratio of common musk turtles (Sternotherus odoratus) in a North-Central Indiana Lake: A long-term study

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 185-189

  Smith, Geoffrey R ^a   Iverson, John B ^a  

^a DENISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAKE; MORTALITY; SEX RATIO; TURTLE;

DEWART LAKE; INDIANA; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; REPTILIA; STERNOTHERUS; STERNOTHERUS ODORATUS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0036659679     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2002)148[0185:SROCMT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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