Overwintering habitats of a northern population of painted turtles (Chrysemys picta): Winter temperature selection and dissolved oxygen concentrations

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 312-321

  Rollinson, Njal ^a   Tattersall, Glenn J ^b   Brooks, Ronald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRYSEMYS; CHRYSEMYS PICTA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 44649150229     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/07-1422.1     Document Type: Article

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