An improved blood sampling technique for hatchling emydid turtles

Herpetological Review

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 318-319

  Bulté, Grégory ^a   Verly, Carine ^a   Blouin Demers, Gabriel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMYDIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 34249056281     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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