Rainfall and depredation of nests of the painted turtle, Chrysemys picta

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 649-652

  Bowen, Kenneth D ^a,b   Janzen, Fredric J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRYSEMYS PICTA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 30344486926     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/34-05N.1     Document Type: Article

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