Influence of body size on shell mass in the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 158-161

  Miller, Kirk ^a   Birchard, Geoffrey F ^b  

^a FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; TERRAPENE ORNATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 16244403956     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2005)039[0158:IOBSOS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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