Demography and viability analyses of a diamondback terrapin population

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 716-726

  Mitro, Matthew G ^a,b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POPULATION STATISTICS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

DEMOGRAPHY;

ECOLOGY;

CONSERVATION STATUS; DEMOGRAPHY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; SURVIVAL; TURTLE; VIABILITY;

EMYDIDAE; MALACLEMYS TERRAPIN; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0037591994     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z03-045     Document Type: Article

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