Hatching behavior in turtles

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 100-110

  Spencer, Ricky John ^a   Janzen, Fredric J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ASSOCIATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE; TIME; TURTLE;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; CUES; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TURTLES;

TESTUDINES;

EID: 79960124837     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icr045     Document Type: Conference Paper

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