Thermal preference of the yellow-margined box turtle (Cuora flavomarginata) (Testudines: Geoemydidae) inhabiting a mesic lowland forest, northern Taiwan

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 513-522

  Chen, Tien Hsi ^a,b   Lue, Kuang Yang ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b PO Box 7 202 ^*  (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cuora flavomarginata; Reptilia; Taiwan; Thermal ecology

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; NESTING; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TURTLE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

CUORA FLAVOMARGINATA; GEOEMYDIDAE; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 66849108719     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853808786230451     Document Type: Article

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