Temperature and sex effects on size and growth of hatchlings in the Chinese three-keeled pond turtle (Chinemys reevesii)

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 30, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 3766-3771

  Du, Weiguo ^a   Shen, Jianwei ^a   Hu, Lingjun ^a   Wang, Lei ^a  

^a HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Charnov Bull hypothesis; Chinese three keeled pond turtle (Chinemys reevesii); Hatchling; Incubation temperature; Temperature dependent sex determination

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; EGG; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GROWTH RATE; HATCHING; INCUBATION; INHIBITOR; POND; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO; SIZE STRUCTURE; SWIMMING; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE; TURTLE;

CHINA;

EMYDIDAE; MAUREMYS REEVESII; TESTUDINES;

EID: 79952633990     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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