Activity, movement patterns, and home range of the yellow-margined box turtle (Cuora flavomarginata) in northern Taiwan

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 590-600

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

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Provisional Office   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CUORA FLAVOMARGINATA; TERRAPENE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0032762970     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565575     Document Type: Article

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