Turtle communities in the upper midwest, usa

Journal of Freshwater Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 149-164

  Dreslik, Michael J ^a   Phillips, Christopher A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HABITAT; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; TURTLE;

MIDWEST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

TESTUDINES; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA;

EID: 17144375732     PISSN: 02705060     EISSN: 21566941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02705060.2005.9664948     Document Type: Article

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