Ontogenetic diet shifts and digestive constraints in the omnivorous freshwater turtle Trachemys scripta

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 150-158

  Bouchard, Sarah S ^a,b   Bjorndal, Karen A ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b OTTERBEIN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIETARY SHIFT; DIGESTIBILITY; ONTOGENY; TURTLE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIET; DIGESTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; STOMACH JUICE; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; DIET; DIGESTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; TURTLES;

ANIMALIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LEMNA; LEMNA VALDIVIANA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA SCRIPTA;

EID: 30944431575     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/498190     Document Type: Article

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