Thermoregulation when the growing season is short: Sex-biased basking patterns in a northern population of painted turtles (Chrysemys picta)

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 206-209

  Carrière, Marie Andrée ^a   Rollinson, Njal ^b   Suley, Andrea N ^b   Brooks, Ronald J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRYSEMYS; CHRYSEMYS PICTA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 40549100651     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/07-070R1.1     Document Type: Article

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