High thermal variance in naturally incubated turtle nests produces faster offspring

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 85-93

  Refsnider, Jeanine M ^a,b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chrysemys picta; Climate change; Common garden; Geographic variation; Painted turtle; Performance

Indexed keywords

CHRYSEMYS; CHRYSEMYS PICTA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84871456829     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10164-012-0354-9     Document Type: Article

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