Extreme developmental temperatures result in morphological abnormalities in painted turtles (Chrysemys picta): A climate change perspective

Integrative Zoology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 197-208

  Telemeco, Rory S ^a   Warner, Daniel A ^a   Reida, Molly K ^a   Janzen, Fredric J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anomaly; Fundamental niche; Incubation; Nesting behavior; Scute deformity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL SHELL; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE; TIME; TURTLE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL SHELLS; ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; ILLINOIS; LINEAR MODELS; NESTING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TURTLES;

EID: 84884403918     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17494877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1749-4877.12019     Document Type: Article

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