Maintenance of variable responses for coping with wetland drying in freshwater turtles

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 485-494

  Roe, John H ^a   Georges, Arthur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Behavior; Chelodina longicollis; Estivation; Freshwater turtle; Partial migration; Plasticity; Population; Temporary wetland; Terrestrial habitat

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; RAIN;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BODY CONDITION; DECISION MAKING; ESTIVATION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; HYDROPERIOD; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; RADIOTELEMETRY; SURVIVAL; TURTLE; WET SEASON; WETLAND;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISASTER; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; TELEMETRY; TIME; TURTLE; WETLAND;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; NATURAL DISASTERS; RAIN; TELEMETRY; TIME FACTORS; TURTLES; WETLANDS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; CHELODINA LONGICOLLIS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 42249109051     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-0093.1     Document Type: Article

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