Infaunal mining: A novel foraging method of loggerhead turtles

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 94-96

  Preen, Anthony R ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARETTA CARETTA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0030423790     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1564718     Document Type: Article

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