Population structure of the alligator snapping turtle, macrochelys temminckii, on the western edge of its distribution

Chelonian Conservation and Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 100-104

  Riedle, J Daren ^a,b   Shipman, Paul A ^a,c   Fox, Stanley F ^a   Hackler, Joseph C ^a   Lesie Jr , David M ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ANIMALIA; MACROCLEMYS; MACROCLEMYS TEMMINCKII; TESTUDINES;

EID: 50249103337     PISSN: 10718443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2744/CCB-0646.1     Document Type: Article

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