Review of radio transmitter attachment techniques for turtle research and recommendations for improvement

Herpetological Review

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 26-33

  Boarman, William I ^a   Goodlett, Tracy ^b   Goodlett, Glenn ^b   Hamilton, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b On Track Consulting and Research   (United States)

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