Patterns of mortality in a population of nine-banded armadillos, Dasypus novemcinctus

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 299-305

  McDonough, Colleen M ^a   Loughry, W J ^a  

^a VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMADILLO; DASYPODIDAE; DASYPUS NOVEMCINCTUS;

EID: 0030727750     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2426823     Document Type: Article

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