Occurrence of upper respiratory tract disease in gopher tortoise populations in Florida and Mississippi

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 426-430

  Smith, Rebecca B ^a   Seigel, Richard A ^b   Smith, Kelley R ^b,c  

^a DYNAMAC CORPORATION   (United States)

^b SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOPHERUS POLYPHEMUS;

EID: 0031667449     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565458     Document Type: Article

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