Activity, reproduction and overwintering behavior of ornate box turtles (Terrapene ornata ornata) in the Nebraska Sandhills

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 416-422

  Converse, Sarah J ^a,c   Iverson, John B ^b   Savidge, Julie A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b EARLHAM COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; OVERWINTERING; RADIOTELEMETRY; REPRODUCTION; TURTLE;

NEBRASKA; SANDHILLS; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; REPTILIA; TERRAPENE; TERRAPENE ORNATA; TERRAPENE ORNATA ORNATA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036810761     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2002)148[0416:ARAOBO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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