Quantifying nest site choice in reptiles using hemispherical photography and gap light analysis

Herpetological Review

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-52

  Doody, J Sean ^a   Guarino, Enzo ^a   Harlow, Peter ^a   Corey, Ben ^a   Murray, Glen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

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EID: 33645781247     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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