Diet of two freshwater turtles, Chelodina rugosa and Elseya dentata (Testudines: Chelidae) from the wet-dry tropics of northern Australia

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 2, 1996, Pages 409-419

  Kennett, Rod ^a,c   Tory, Oswald ^b  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Arid Zone Research Institute   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; CHELIDAE; CHELODINA RUGOSA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ELSEYA DENTATA; INVERTEBRATA; MACROBRACHIUM; RIPARIA; SPONGILLIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0030424591     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1446857     Document Type: Article

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