Ecological aspects of a Wood Turtle, Glyptemys insculpta, population at the northern limit of its range in Québec

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 377-388

  Walde, Andrew D ^a,b,c   Bider, J Roger ^a   Daigle, Claude ^d   Masse, Denis ^e   Bourgeois, Jean Claude ^f   Jutras, Jacques ^g   Titman, Rodger D ^b  

^a St Lawrence Valley Nat Hist Soc   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Dir de la Recherche sur la Faune ^*  (United States)

^d Societe dela Faune des Parcs Quebec   (Canada)

^e PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

^f Soc la Faune et des Parcs du Que   (Canada)

^g Direction de la Recherche sur la Faune Societe de la Faune et des Parcs du Quebec   (Canada)

Author keywords

Density; Ecology; Emydidae; Glyptemys insculpta; Morphology; Qu bec; Wood Turtle

Indexed keywords

FEEDING; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MATING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DENSITY; SEX RATIO; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TURTLE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC;

CLEMMYS INSCULPTA; EMYDIDAE; GLYPTEMYS INSCULPTA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 3543128931     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22621/cfn.v117i3.739     Document Type: Article

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