Endocrine and behavioral response to a decline in habitat quality: Effects of pond drying on the slider turtle, Trachemys scripta

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology

Volumn 303, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 872-879

  Cash, W Ben ^a,b   Holberton, Rebecca L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b MARYVILLE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DISASTER; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORTICOSTERONE; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; NATURAL DISASTERS; TIME FACTORS; TURTLES;

TESTUDINES; TRACHEMYS; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA;

EID: 27844609388     PISSN: 15488969     EISSN: 1552499X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.217     Document Type: Article

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