Variation in Age and Size at Maturity of the Slider Turtle (Pseudemys scripta)

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Previous articleNext article No AccessNotes and CommentsVariation in Age and Size at Maturity of the Slider Turtle (Pseudemys scripta)J. Whitfield Gibbons, Raymond D. Semlitsch, Judith L. Greene, and Joseph P. SchubauerJ. Whitfield Gibbons Search for more articles by this author , Raymond D. Semlitsch Search for more articles by this author , Judith L. Greene Search for more articles by this author , and Joseph P. Schubauer Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The American Naturalist Volume 117, Number 5May, 1981 Published for The American Society of Naturalists Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/283774 Views: 22Total views on this site Citations: 63Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1981 The University of ChicagoPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Christine Figgener, Joseph Bernardo, Pamela T. Plotkin Marine turtles are only minimally sexually size dimorphic, a pattern that is distinct from most nonmarine aquatic turtles, Ecology and Evolution 12, no.66 (Jun 2022).https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8963Richard B. 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