Influence of the nest environment on bone mineral content in hatchling painted turtles (Chrysemys picta)

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1069-1081

  Sternadel, Lisa L ^a   Packard, Gary C ^a   Packard, Mary J ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; PHOSPHORUS;

BONE; CALCIUM; EGG SIZE; EMBRYO; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HATCHERY; INCUBATION; LABORATORY METHOD; LIFE HISTORY; MINERAL RESOURCE; MOISTURE CONTENT; NEST STRUCTURE; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHORUS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TURTLE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE; BONE DENSITY; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; EGG YOLK; NESTING; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; CALCIUM; ECOSYSTEM; EGG YOLK; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PHOSPHORUS; TURTLES;

NEBRASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CHRYSEMYS; CHRYSEMYS PICTA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33750927679     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/507662     Document Type: Article

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