Abundance and diversity of seeds in digestive tracts of terrapene carolina andt. ornata in southwestern missouri

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 346-350

  Stone, Matt D ^a,b   Moli, D O N ^a  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PASSIFLORA; PASSIFLORA EDULIS; PHYTOLACCA AMERICANA; PHYTOLACCACEAE; PLATANUS OCCIDENTALIS; TERRAPENE; TERRAPENE CAROLINA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 70349464482     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/GC-183.1     Document Type: Article

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