Breeding biology of the green turtle, Chelonia mydas (Reptilia: Cheloniidae), on Wan-An Island, PengHu Archipelago. II. Nest site selection

Marine Biology

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 603-609

  Wang, Hui Chen ^a   Cheng, I Jiunn ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEST SITE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; TURTLE;

TAIWAN;

CHELONIA MYDAS;

EID: 0033018820     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270050500     Document Type: Article

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