Descriptive ecology of a turtle assemblage in an urban landscape

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 428-435

  Conner, Christopher A ^a,b   Douthitt, Brooke A ^a,c   Ryan, Travis J ^a  

^a BUTLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; TURTLE; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

APALONE SPINIFERA; CHELYDRA; CHELYDRA SERPENTINA SERPENTINA; CHRYSEMYS PICTA; CYRESTIS THYODAMAS; GRAPTEMYS GEOGRAPHICA; MYA ARENARIA; SPINY; STERNOTHERUS ODORATUS; TESTUDINES; TRACHEMYS; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA ELEGANS; TRIONYCHIDAE;

EID: 17644399127     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2005)153[0428:DEOATA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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