Comparative reproduction in wild and captive female ploughshare tortoises Geochelone yniphora

Dodo

Volumn 37, Issue , 2001, Pages 70-79

  Bourou, Robert ^a   Tiandray, Hafany ^a   Razandrimamilafiniarivo, Olivier C ^a   Bekarany, Ernest ^a   Durbin, Joanna ^a  

^a DURRELL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Captive breeding; Geochelone yniphora; Madagascar; Ploughshare tortoise; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

GEOCHELONE YNIPHORA; TESTUDINIDAE; GEOCHELONE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037795225     PISSN: 02655640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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