Genetic delineation of management units for the desert tortoise, Gopherus agassizii, in northeastern Mojave Desert

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 3, 1997, Pages 523-530

  Britten, Hugh B ^a,c   Riddle, Brett R ^b   Brussard, Peter F ^a   Marlow, Ron ^a   Lee Jr , Thomas E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c W O Farber Center for Civic Leadership   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOPHERUS AGASSIZII; TESTUDINIDAE;

EID: 0030853381     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447556     Document Type: Article

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