Ecology of the Chinese stripe-necked turtle, Ocadia sinensis (Testudines: Emydidae), in the Keelung river, Northern Taiwan

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 4, 1998, Pages 944-952

  Chen, Tien Hsi ^a   Lue, Kuang Yang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; POPULATION ECOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALIA; EMYDIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; MAUREMYS SINENSIS; OCADIA; OCADIA SINENSIS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0032583502     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447341     Document Type: Article

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