Population parameters and life-table analysis of two coexisting freshwater turtles: Are the Bellinger River turtle populations threatened?

Wildlife Research

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 339-347

  Blamires, Sean J ^a   Spencer, Ricky John ^a,b   King, Peter ^c   Thompson, Michael B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FRANCIS MARION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; BODY SIZE; FECUNDITY; GROWTH; SURVIVAL; TURTLE;

DERMATEMYDIDAE; ELSEYA GEORGESI; EMYDURA MACQUARII; TESTUDINES;

EID: 23744477864     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR04083     Document Type: Article

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