Radiotelemetry Reveals Terrestrial Estivation in Sonoran Mud Turtles (Kinosternon sonoriense)

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 750-754

  Ligon, Day B ^a   Stone, Paul A ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINOSTERNON; KINOSTERNON SONORIENSE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0345802392     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/244-01N     Document Type: Article

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