Ecomorphological variation in shell shape of the freshwater turtle Pseudemys concinna inhabiting different aquatic flow regimes

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 769-787

  Rivera, Gabriel ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSEUDEMYS CONCINNA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 57349127010     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icn088     Document Type: Conference Paper

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