Dietary ecology of the Australian freshwater turtle (Elseya sp.: Chelonia:Chelidae) in the Burnett River, Queensland

Wildlife Research

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 349-353

  Armstrong, Graeme ^a   Booth, David T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; TURTLE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; QUEENSLAND; WORLD;

ALGAE; CASTANOSPERMUM; CASTANOSPERMUM AUSTRALE; CELTIS; CHELIDAE; CHELONIA (GENUS); CHELYDRA SERPENTINA; ELSEYA; TESTUDINES; ULMUS; ULMUS PARVIFOLIA;

EID: 23744462291     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR04088     Document Type: Article

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