Resource partitioning by the neotropical freshwater turtle, Hydromedusa maximiliani

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 106-112

  Souza, Franco Leandro ^a,b   Abe, Augusto Shinya ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROMEDUSA MAXIMILIANI;

EID: 15644362950     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565488     Document Type: Article

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