Demography and diet of the painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) at high-elevation sites in southwestern Colorado

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-53

  Cooley, Christopher R ^a   Floyd, Aaron O ^a   Dolinger, Amy ^a   Tucker, Paul B ^a  

^a METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CHRYSEMYS PICTA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037358953     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2003)048<0047:DADOTP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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