Quantitative evidence of decline in a southern Québec Wood Turtle (Glyptemys insculpta) population

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 130-132

  Daigle, Claude ^a   Jutras, Jacques ^a  

^a MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLEMMYS INSCULPTA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 16244391132     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2005)039[0130:QEODIA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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