Reproductive and Nesting Ecology of the Yellow-Blotched Map Turtle, Graptemys flavimaculata: Implications for Conservation and Management

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 4, 2003, Pages 729-738

  Horne, Brian D ^a,b   Brauman, Robert J ^a,c   Moore, Megan J C ^a,d   Seigel, Richard A ^a,e  

^a SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Creative Habitat Corporation   (United States)

^d MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^e TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; NESTING; TURTLE;

MISSISSIPPI; NORTH AMERICA; PASCAGOULA RIVER; UNITED STATES;

CORVUS OSSIFRAGUS; GRAPTEMYS; GRAPTEMYS FLAVIMACULATA; GRAPTEMYS GEOGRAPHICA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0347365839     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/HA02-213.1     Document Type: Article

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