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Seasonal and Ontogenetic Changes in the Sex Ratio of a Population of Stinkpots (Kinosternidae: Sternotherus odoratus)
… if the observed sex ratio of a population of stinkpots (Sternotherus odoratus) was an artifact of sampling biases. A total of 989 (637 males, 352 females) individual stinkpots were captured from 1996 through 2000 at Spring Lake, Hays County, Texas. The overall sex ratio based on all census …
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Foraging Ecology and Demography of Sternotherus Odoratus in a Southwestern Missouri Population
… and a population of approximately 1161 stinkpots. Sexual size dimorphism was noted with females having larger carapace widths and greater masses, and males having smaller platron lengths. Stinkpots consumed algae, seeds, plant material, crayfish, molluscs, insects and fish. Sexual …
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The Distribution and Ecology of Two Kinosternid Turtles in Iowa
… Ankeny sandy loam or other alluvial soils. While stinkpots will tkse ephemeral pools, permanent water must be nearby. Although mud turtles may occasionally be found in permanent bodies of water, we suspect that this condition is probably transient, with ephemeral pools probably a requirement to …
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Seed Dispersal by Aquatic Turtles
… obtained during a summer seed survey in which stinkpots (Sternotherus odoratus), river cooters (Pseudemys concinna), spiny soft-shell turtles (Apalone spinifera), and common map turtles (Graptemys geographica) were sampled. Seeds of Agropyron repens, Carex spp., Ludwigia peploides, Polygonum …