Sex divergence in space utilisation in the steppe tortoise (Testudo horsfieldi)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 380-387

  Lagarde, Frédéric ^a   Bonnet, Xavier ^a   Henen, Brian ^b   Legrand, Arnaud ^a   Corbin, Johanna ^a   Nagy, Ken ^c   Naulleau, Guy ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIVERGENCE; HOME RANGE; MATING BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT; PARENTAL CARE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; TURTLE;

ASIA; EURASIA; UZBEKISTAN; WEST ASIA;

ANIMALIA; TESTUDO HORSFIELDII;

EID: 12444280200     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z03-023     Document Type: Article

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