A comparison of two methods for studying box turtle movements

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 208-210

  Iglay, Raymond B ^a,b   Bowman, Jacob L ^a   Nazdrowicz, Nathan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delaware; Eastern box turtle; Movements; Radiotelemetry; Terrapene carolina; Thread trailing

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; GPS; RADIOTELEMETRY; TAGGING; TRACKING; TURTLE;

ANIMALIA; TERRAPENE; TERRAPENE CAROLINA; TERRAPENE CAROLINA CAROLINA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33646568100     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2006)34[208:ACOTMF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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