Desert tortoise hibernation: Temperatures, timing, and environment

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 2, 2007, Pages 378-386

  Nussear, Kenneth E ^a   Esque, Todd C ^a   Haines, Dustin F ^c   Tracy, C Richard ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESERT; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HIBERNATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR; TURTLE;

GOPHERUS AGASSIZII; TESTUDINIDAE;

EID: 34547423909     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2007)7[378:DTHTTA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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