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Du, W.-G., Zheng, R., & Shu, L. (2006). The influence of incubation temperature on morphology, locomotor performance, and cold tolerance of hatchling chinese three-keeled pond turtles, chinemys reevesii. Chelonian Conservation and Biology, 5(2), 294–299.
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| Resource type: Journal Article BibTeX citation key: Du2006 View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: Geoemydidae, Mauremys, Mauremys reevesii, Schildkröten = turtles + tortoises, Zeitigung = incubation Creators: Du, Shu, Zheng Collection: Chelonian Conservation and Biology |
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We incubated eggs of the Chinese three-keeled pond turtle (Chinemys reevesii) at 4 constant temperatures to assess the influence of these thermal regimes on incubation length, hatching success, and phenotypic traits of hatchlings. Eggs incubated at 24° and 27°C produced larger hatchlings in body mass, carapace size, and limb length than did those from 30° and 33°C. Hatchlings from 27° and 30°C crawled and swam faster than did their counterparts from 24° and 33°C. The critical thermal minima of hatchlings incubated at 30° and 33°C were higher than those of hatchlings from 24° and 27°C.
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