Differences in habitat use by Blanding's turtles, Emydoidea blandingii, and painted turtles, Chysemys picta, in the Nebraska sandhills

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 241-244

  Bury, R Bruce ^a   Germano, David J ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT USE; TURTLE; WETLAND;

NEBRASKA; UNITED STATES; VALENTINE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE;

AMPHIBIA; CHRYSEMYS; CHRYSEMYS PICTA; CHYSEMYS PICTA; EMYDOIDEA BLANDINGII; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0037235693     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2003)149[0241:DIHUBB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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