Movement patterns, habitat use, and growth of hatchling tortoises, Gopherus polyphemus

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 1, 2006, Pages 68-76

  Pike, David A ^a,b  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Glatting Jackson Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; HABITAT USE; JUVENILE; REPTILE;

GOPHERUS; GOPHERUS POLYPHEMUS; TESTUDINES; TESTUDINIDAE;

EID: 33644894184     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2006)006[0068:MPHUAG]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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