Excavation is a nondeleterious method for obtaining fecundity and morphometric data from small-sized eggs of freshwater turtles

Chelonian Conservation and Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 255-259

  Samson, Jason ^a,b   Hughes, Elinor J ^a   Brooks, Ronald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRYSEMYS PICTA MARGINATA; MAMMALIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 38349132523     PISSN: 10718443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2744/1071-8443(2007)6[255:EIANMF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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