Pets and invasion risks: Is the Slider turtle strictly carnivorous?

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 139-143

  Prévot Julliard, Anne Caroline ^a   Gousset, Emeline ^a   Archinard, Chloé ^a   Cadi, Antoine ^a   Girondot, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CARNIVORE; DIET; FERAL ORGANISM; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; OMNIVORY; TURTLE;

ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

TESTUDINES; TRACHEMYS; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA ELEGANS;

EID: 34547938696     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853807779799036     Document Type: Review

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