Seed dispersal by red-eared sliders (Trachemys scripta elegans) and common snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina)

Chelonian Conservation and Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 289-294

  Kimmons, Jeffery B ^a   Moll, Don ^b  

^a 500 E College   (United States)

^b MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHELYDRA SERPENTINA; CHELYDRA SERPENTINA SERPENTINA; ECHINOCHLOA; ECHINOCHLOA CRUS-GALLI; MORUS (ANGIOSPERM); RUMEX; RUMEX CRISPUS; TESTUDINES; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA ELEGANS;

EID: 78651312130     PISSN: 10718443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2744/CCB-0797.1     Document Type: Article

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