Sexual difference in habitat use of Texas map turtles (Emydidae: Graptemys versa) and its relationship to size dimorphism and diet

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1185-1191

  Lindeman, Peter V ^a  

^a EDINBORO UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; BIOMECHANICS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; SIZE DETERMINATION;

HABITAT USE; SWIMMING;

BIODIVERSITY;

DIET; HABITAT USE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; TURTLE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; EMYDIDAE; GRAPTEMYS; GRAPTEMYS VERSA; MOLLUSCA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0344496204     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z03-101     Document Type: Article

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