Diet of Podocnemis unifilis (Testudines, Podocnemididae) during the dry season in the Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve, Amazonas, Brazil

Chelonian Conservation and Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 312-317

  Balensiefer, Deisi Cristiane ^a   Vogt, Richard C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MALVACEAE; POACEAE; PODOCNEMIDIDAE; PODOCNEMIS UNIFILIS; PSEUDOBOMBAX MUNGUBA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33846153555     PISSN: 10718443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2744/1071-8443(2006)5[312:DOPUTP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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