Population structure of Florida box turtles (Terrapene carolina bauri) at the southernmost limit of their range

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 572-577

  Verdon, Emilie ^a   Donnelly, Maureen A ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TERRAPENE CAROLINA BAURI; TESTUDINES;

EID: 30344460294     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/131-04A.1     Document Type: Article

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