Impacts of anthropogenic structures on predation of painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) nests

Chelonian Conservation and Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 131-135

  Strickland, Jeramie T ^a   Janzen, Fredric J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRYSEMYS; CHRYSEMYS PICTA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 77953831813     PISSN: 10718443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2744/CCB-0795.1     Document Type: Article

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