Activity patterns of the angulate tortoise (Chersina angulata) on Dassen Island, South Africa

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 161-169

  Ramsay, Scot L ^a   Hofmeyr, Margaretha D ^a   Joshua, Quinton I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CHERSINA ANGULATA; TESTUDINIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036292774     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2002)036[0161:APOTAT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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