Variation in hatchling tortoise survivorship at three geographic localities

Herpetologica

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 125-131

  Pike, David A ^a,b   Seigel, Richard A ^a  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Glatting Jackson Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Gopherus polyphemus; Hatchling ecology; Sample size; Statistical power; Survivorship; Tortoise

Indexed keywords

HATCHING; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PREDATION; SURVIVORSHIP; TURTLE;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; MISSISSIPPI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; GOPHERUS POLYPHEMUS; MAMMALIA; SERPENTES; TESTUDINIDAE;

EID: 33845711592     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/05-49.1     Document Type: Article

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