Reproductive ecology of the Florida green turtle: Clutch frequency

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 407-410

  Johnson, Steve A ^a,b   Ehrhart, Llewellyn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 0030436748     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565180     Document Type: Article

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