Seasonal and ontogenetic changes in the sex ratio of a population of stinkpots (Kinosternidae: Sternotherus odoratus)

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 543-549

  Swannack, Todd M ^a,b   Rose, Francis L ^a  

^a Texas State University   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINOSTERNIDAE; STERNOTHERUS; STERNOTHERUS ODORATUS; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1642539014     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2003)048<0543:SAOCIT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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