Field body temperature and thermal preference of the big-headed turtle Platysternon megacephalum
The big-headed turtle Platysternon megacephalum is a stream-dwelling species whose ecology is poorly known. We carried out field and laboratory investigations to determine field body temperatures and thermal preference of this species. In the field, the body temperatures of the turtles conformed to...
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2013-10-01
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| Series: | Current Zoology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.currentzoology.org/paperdetail.asp?id=12273 |