Winter activity of juvenile desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii) in the Mojave desert

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 496-501

  Wilson, Dawn S ^a   Morafka, David J ^b   Tracy, C Richard ^a   Nagy, Kenneth A ^c  

^a Biol Resources Research Center/314   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOPHERUS AGASSIZII; TESTUDINIDAE;

EID: 0032733954     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565652     Document Type: Article

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