Ecology of chicken turtles (deirochelys reticularia) in a seasonal wetland ecosystem: Exploiting resource and refuge environments

Herpetologica

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-53

  Buhlmann, Kurt A ^a,b   Congdon, Justin D ^a,c   Gibbons, J Whitfield ^a   Greene, Judith L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Bar Boot Ranch   (United States)

Author keywords

Chelonia; Chicken turtle; Deirochelys reticularia; Life history; Reproduction; Seasonal wetlands; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; EGG PRODUCTION; JUVENILE; REFUGE; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; RESOURCE USE; SURVIVORSHIP; TURTLE; WETLAND;

NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

DEIROCHELYS; DEIROCHELYS RETICULARIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 67149128473     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/08-028R1.1     Document Type: Article

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