Insect Infestation of Mediterranean Marine Turtle Eggs

Herpetological Review

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 190-191

  Broderick, Annette C ^a   Hancock, E Geoffrey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b Glasgow Museums ^*  (United Kingdom)

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