Population structure and growth of the turtle Actinemys marmorata from the KlamathSiskiyou ecoregion: Age, not size, matters

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 3, 2010, Pages 443-451

  Bury, R Bruce ^a   Germano, David J ^b   Bury, Gwendolynn W ^a  

^a FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOREGION; GROWTH RATE; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SPECIES CONSERVATION; TURTLE;

CALIFORNIA; CASCADE RANGE; COAST RANGES; KLAMATH-SISKIYOU; UNITED STATES;

ACTINEMYS MARMORATA; CLEMMYS MARMORATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 77957365851     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/CH-08-096     Document Type: Article

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