Nest placement, nest-site fidelity and nesting movements in midland painted turtles (Chrysemys picta marginata) on Beaver Island, Michigan

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 383-397

  Rowe, John W ^a,b   Coval, Kristy A ^a   Dugan, Matthew R ^a  

^a DAEMEN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ALMA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEST SITE; RADIOTELEMETRY; SITE FIDELITY; SITE SELECTION; TURTLE;

BEAVER ISLAND; MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CHRYSEMYS PICTA MARGINATA; CLEMMYS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 26944447879     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2005)154[0383:NPNFAN]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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