Parental investment embryo growth, and hatchling lipid reserves in softshell turtles (Apalone mutica) from Arkansas

Herpetologica

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 145-154

  Nagle, Roy D ^a   Plummer, Michael V ^b   Congdon, Justin D ^c   Fischer, Robert U ^d  

^a JUNIATA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HARDING UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apalone mutica; Egg lipids; Embryo growth; Hatchling; Parental investment

Indexed keywords

EGG; EMBRYO; LIPID; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; TURTLE;

ARKANSAS; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; APALONE; APALONE MUTICA; MYA ARENARIA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038444181     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/0018-0831(2003)059[0145:PIEGAH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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