Ambient Temperature, Activity, and Microhabitat Use by Ornate Box Turtles (Terrapene ornata ornata)

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 665-670

  Converse, Sarah J ^a,b   Savidge, Julie A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TERRAPENE; TERRAPENE ORNATA; TERRAPENE ORNATA ORNATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0347694511     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/117-02A     Document Type: Article

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