Are locomotor performances coadapted to preferred basking temperature in the Northern Map Turtle (Graptemys geographica)?

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 322-331

  Ben Ezra, E ^a   Bulte G ^a   Blouin Demers, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMYDIDAE; GRAPTEMYS; GRAPTEMYS GEOGRAPHICA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 44649147753     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/07-1881.1     Document Type: Article

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