Movements and behavior of hatchling Wood Turtles (Glyptemys insculpta)

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 331-348

  Tuttle, Sheila E ^a,b   Carroll, David M ^c  

^a ANTIOCH UNIVERSITY NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

^b SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Box 63 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GLYPTEMYS INSCULPTA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33645727870     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1092-6194(2005)012[0331:MABOHW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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