Fungus eating by the African tortoise Kinixys spekii

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 469-474

  Hailey, Adrian ^a,c   Coulson, Ian M ^b   Chidavaenzi, Robstein L ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b Sengwa Wildlife Research Institute   (Zimbabwe)

^c Natural History Museum ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; KINIXYS; KINIXYS SPEKII;

EID: 0030868315     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467400010634     Document Type: Article

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