Nesting behavior in three-toed box turtles (Terrapene Carolina Triunguis) following oxytocin-induced oviposition

Chelonian Conservation and Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 124-128

  Carr, John L ^a   Messinger, Martha Ann ^b   Patton, George M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TERRAPENE CAROLINA TRIUNGUIS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 50249092146     PISSN: 10718443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2744/CCB-0667.1     Document Type: Article

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