Effects of Dehydration on the Critical Thermal Maximum of the Desert Box Turtle (Terrapene ornata luteola)

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 747-750

  Plummer, Michael V ^a   Williams, Bethany K ^a,b   Skiver, Mindy M ^a,c   Carlyle, Joshua C ^a  

^a HARDING UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TERRAPENE; TERRAPENE ORNATA; TERRAPENE ORNATA LUTEOLA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0345802394     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/18-03N     Document Type: Article

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