Reproductive ecology of the Terrapene carolina carolina (Eastern Box Turtle) in central Virginia

Southeastern Naturalist

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 689-702

  Wilson, Gordon L ^a   Ernst, Carl H ^b  

^a Smithsonian Institution ^*  (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TERRAPENE CAROLINA; TERRAPENE CAROLINA CAROLINA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33644606220     PISSN: 15287092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1528-7092(2005)004[0689:REOTTC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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