Diet of the Texas map turtle (Graptemys versa): Relationship to sexually dimorphic trophic morphology and changes over five decades as influenced by an invasive mollusk

Chelonian Conservation and Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-31

  Lindeman, Peter V ^a  

^a EDINBORO UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corbicula; Diet; Ecology; Emydidae; Graptemys versa; Invasive species; Mollusk; Reptilia; Sexual dimorphism; Testudines; Texas; Turtle; USA

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIVALVIA; BRYOZOA; CORBICULA; CORBICULA FLUMINEA; EMYDIDAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; GASTROPODA; GRAPTEMYS; GRAPTEMYS VERSA; INSECTA; MOLLUSCA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 33744476139     PISSN: 10718443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2744/1071-8443(2006)5[25:DOTTMT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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