The use of screw pines (Pandanus spp.) by amphibians and reptiles in Madagascar

Herpetological Bulletin

Volumn , Issue 82, 2002, Pages 20-25

  Lehtinen, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; PANDANUS; REPTILIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 0036983835     PISSN: 14730928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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