High frequency of multiple paternity in Blanding'S Turtle (Emys blandingii)

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 74-81

  Refsnider, Jeanine M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMYDOIDEA BLANDINGII; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 77649261408     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/08-102R.1     Document Type: Article

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