Microhabitat selection by Eastern Box Turtles (Terrapene c. carolina) in a North Carolina mountain wetland

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 280-284

  Rossell Jr , C Reed ^a   Rossell, Irene M ^a   Patch, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TERRAPENE; TERRAPENE CAROLINA; TERRAPENE CAROLINA CAROLINA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33845327836     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/236-05N.1     Document Type: Article

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