Habitat disturbances differentially affect individual growth rates in a long-lived turtle

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 275, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 18-25

  Dodd Jr , C Kenneth ^a   Dreslik, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Florida box turtle; Growth; Hurricane; Island; Maturation; Terrapene carolina bauri; Vegetation removal

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; ISLAND; MATURATION; SEXUAL MATURITY; TEMPORAL PERIOD; TURTLE;

ANIMALIA; TERRAPENE CAROLINA BAURI; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 42549167391     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2007.00402.x     Document Type: Article

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