Home range and philopatry in the ornate box turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata, in Iowa

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 162-174

  Bernstein, Neil P ^a   Richtsmeier, Rebecca J ^a   Black, Robert W ^b   Montgomery, Benjamin R ^c  

^a MOUNT MERCY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Hospital for Special Surgery   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MOVEMENT; PHILOPATRY; RADIOTELEMETRY; RANGE SIZE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; TURTLE;

IOWA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

TERRAPENE; TERRAPENE ORNATA ORNATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33846864460     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2007)157[162:HRAPIT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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