Response of hatchling wood turtles (Glyptemys insculpta) to an aquatic thermal gradient

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 400-405

  Tamplin, Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Emydid turtles; Glyptemys; Juvenile turtles; Reptile; Selected temperature; Temperature gradient; Thermal preference; Thermoregulation; Turtle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GLYPTEMYS INSCULPTA; NONHUMAN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOREGULATION; TURTLE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

GLYPTEMYS INSCULPTA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33646839291     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2006.01.010     Document Type: Article

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