Survival and recruitment in a human-impacted population of ornate box turtles, Terrapene ornata, with recommendations for conservation and management

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 562-568

  Bowen, Kenneth D ^a   Colbert, Paul L ^a   Janzen, Fredric J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TERRAPENE; TERRAPENE ORNATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 11244340600     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/78-04A     Document Type: Article

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