Age, size and growth of the southern crested newt Triturus karelinii (Strauch 1870) in a population from Bozdag (Western Turkey)

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 223-230

  Olgun, Kurtulus ^a   Uzum, Nazan ^a   Avci, Aziz ^a   Miaud, Claude ^b  

^a ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AMPHIBIAN; BREEDING SITE; GROWTH; SIZE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; TURKEY; WORLD;

AMPHIUMA MEANS; ARIDA; SALAMANDRIDAE; TRITURUS; TRITURUS CRISTATUS;

EID: 23444451571     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568538054253465     Document Type: Article

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