Cold acclimation enhances cutaneous resistance to inoculative freezing in hatchling painted turtles, Chrysemys picta

Functional Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 94-100

  Packard, G C ^a   Packard, M J ^a  

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

Author keywords

Freezing; Inoculation; Integument; Supercooling; Turtle

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; FREEZING; INOCULATION; SUPERCOOLING; TURTLE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; CHRYSEMYS; CHRYSEMYS PICTA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0037298469     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2003.00711.x     Document Type: Article

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