Food habits of Macrochelys temminckii (Alligator Snapping Turtle) from Arkansas and Louisiana

Southeastern Naturalist

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 443-452

  Elsey, Ruth M ^a  

^a LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ARMADILLO; AVES; DASYPUS NOVEMCINCTUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MACROCLEMYS; MACROCLEMYS TEMMINCKII; MAMMALIA; MOLLUSCA; MYOCASTOR COYPUS; PROCAMBARUS CLARKII; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS SP.; SERPENTES; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33750351404     PISSN: 15287092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1528-7092(2006)5[443:FHOMTA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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