Microhabitat use, home range, and movements of the alligator snapping turtle, Macrochelys temminckii, in Oklahoma

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 35-40

  Riedle, J Daren ^a,b   Shipman, Paul A ^a,c   Fox, Stanley F ^a   Leslie Jr , David M ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; MACROCLEMYS TEMMINCKII; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33645653774     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2006)51[35:MUHRAM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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