Biomass of an island population of florida box turtles (terrapene carolina bauri)

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 150-152

  Dodd Jr , C Kenneth ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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TERRAPENE CAROLINA;

EID: 15144357464     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565500     Document Type: Article

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