Terrestrial movements in relation to aestivation and the annual reproductive cycle of Kinosternon leucostomum

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 1, 1997, Pages 123-130

  Morales Verdeja, Salvador A ^a   Vogt, Richard C ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ZOOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS; KINOSTERNON LEUCOSTOMUM; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0030899648     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447847     Document Type: Article

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