Habitat use by Crocodylus johnstoni in the Lynd River, Queensland

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 114-121

  Tucker, A D ^a   McCallum, H I ^a   Limpus, C J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; CROCODYLUS JOHNSONI; CROCODYLUS JOHNSTONI;

EID: 0030916823     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565339     Document Type: Article

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