A test of philopatry by common musk turtles

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-51

  Andres, Katharine M ^a   Chambers, Randolph M ^a  

^a Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MOVEMENT; PHILOPATRY; TRAPPING; TURTLE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

ANIMALIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); STERNOTHERUS ODORATUS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33748200039     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2006)156[45:ATOPBC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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