Seasonal changes in the diel surfacing behaviour of the bimodally respiring turtle Rheodytes leukops

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1614-1622

  Gordos, Matthew A ^a   Franklin, Craig E ^a   Limpus, Colin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CLIMATE CHANGE;

ABIOTIC FACTORS; SEASONAL CHANGES;

BIODIVERSITY;

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DIEL VARIATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TURTLE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MARLBOROUGH CREEK; QUEENSLAND;

AMPHIBIA; REPTILIA; RHEODYTES LEUKOPS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0346750627     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z03-153     Document Type: Article

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