Conflicting conclusions from long-term versus short-term studies on growth and reproduction of a tropical snake

Herpetologica

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 147-156

  Madsen, T ^a   Shine, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acrochodidae; Acrochordus arafurae; Demography; Life history; Mark recapture

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; REPRODUCTION; SNAKE;

ACROCHORDUS ARAFURAE;

EID: 0034980140     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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