Temperature effects during early life stages of the alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii)

Chelonian Conservation and Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 74-83

  Ligon, Day B ^a,b   Lovern, Matthew B ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alligator snapping turtle; Chelydridae; Egg; Embryo; Growth; Hatchling turtles; Incubation; Juvenile turtles; Macrochelys temminckii; Metabolism; Oxygen consumption; Reptilia; Temperature; Testudines

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; CHELYDRIDAE; MACROCLEMYS; MACROCLEMYS TEMMINCKII; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 67650895026     PISSN: 10718443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2744/CCB-0738.1     Document Type: Article

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