A comparison of sample and total census data for a population of the Eastern Longneck Turtle Chelodina longicollis in a farm dam north-west of Sydney, New South Wales

Australian Zoologist

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 161-165

  Burgin, Shelley ^a   Emerton, Steve ^a   Burgin, Malcolm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chelodina longicollis; Farm dams; Sampling; Turtle

Indexed keywords

CHELODINA LONGICOLLIS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0010693499     PISSN: 00672238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7882/AZ.1999.015     Document Type: Article

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