Aspects of the life history of the Texas map turtle (Graptemys versa)

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 378-388

  Lindeman, Peter V ^a  

^a EDINBORO UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; EGG SIZE; LIFE HISTORY; TURTLE;

LLANO RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BIVALVIA; CORBICULA; CORBICULA FLUMINEA; GRAPTEMYS GEOGRAPHICA; GRAPTEMYS VERSA; PSEUDEMYS TEXANA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 17644398463     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2005)153[0378:AOTLHO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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