Sexual and seasonal variation in foraging patterns in the Stinkpot, Sternotherus odoratus, in Southwestern Missouri

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 296-301

  Ford, Dawn K ^a,b   Moll, Don ^a  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STERNOTHERUS; STERNOTHERUS ODORATUS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 3142730022     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/172-03N     Document Type: Article

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