Fidelity to nesting area of the European pond turtle, Emys orbicularis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Belgian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-30

  Mitrus, Sławomir ^a,b  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OPOLE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Freshwater turtles; Long term studies; Nesting area fidelity

Indexed keywords

NEST SITE; NESTING; POND; TURTLE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND;

EMYS ORBICULARIS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33744548923     PISSN: 07776276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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