Homing in the Skink, Oligosoma grande, within a Fragmented Habitat

1998/09/01 by Margaret C. Stanley
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Biology #Ecology #Habitat #Homing (biology) #Lizard #Skink #Turtle Biology and Conservation #Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

paper · doi:10.2307/1565468

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Abstract

OBBARD, M. E., AND R. J. BROOKS. 1980. Nesting migrations of the snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina). Herpetologica 36:158-162. PARKER, W. S. 1984. Immigration and dispersal of slider turtles Pseudemys scripta in Mississippi farm ponds. Amer. Midi. Natur. 112:280-293. ROSE, F L. 1970. Tortoise chin gland fatty acid composition: behavioral significance. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 32:577-580. SEXTON, O. J. 1959. Spatial and temporal movements of a population of the painted turtle, Chrysemys picta marginata (Agassiz). Ecol. Monog. 29:113-140. TONOSKI, K. 1993. Cross-adaptation to odor stimulation of olfactory receptor cells in the box turtle, Terrapene carolina. Brain Behav. and Evol. 23:187191.

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