Movements, habitat use, and thermal ecology of an isolated population of bog turtles (Glyptemys muhlenbergii)

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 4, 2009, Pages 781-790

  Pittman, Shannon E ^a,b   Dorcas, Michael E ^a  

^a DAVIDSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BOG; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT USE; ISOLATED POPULATION; MEADOW; MOVEMENT; SURVIVAL; TURTLE; WETLAND; WOODY DEBRIS;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

GLYPTEMYS MUHLENBERGII; TESTUDINES;

EID: 73449135162     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/CE-08-140     Document Type: Article

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