Measuring fluctuating asymmetry in plastron scutes of yellow-bellied sliders: The importance of gender, size and body location

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 340-348

  Davis, Andrew K ^a   Grosse, Andrew M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; BODY SIZE; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; GENDER; MEASUREMENT METHOD; TURTLE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; AVES; HEXAPODA; TESTUDINES; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA SCRIPTA;

EID: 42549102389     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2008)159[340:MFAIPS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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