Homing behavior of Musk Turtles in a Virginia lake

Southeastern Naturalist

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 527-532

  Smar, Christina M ^a   Chambers, Randolph M ^a  

^a Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

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ANIMALIA; STERNOTHERUS ODORATUS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33644591011     PISSN: 15287092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1528-7092(2005)004[0527:HBOMTI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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