Breeding traits of Hermann's tortoise Testudo hermanni hermanni in two western populations

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 77-85

  Bertolero, Albert ^a,b   Nougarède, Jean Pierre ^a   Cheylan, Marc ^a   Marín, Aurelio ^c  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^c Cĺnica Veterinaria Lliria ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; RAINFALL; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; REPTILE;

CATALONIA; CORSE; EBRO DELTA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TARRAGONA [CATALONIA]; WESTERN EUROPE;

TESTUDO HERMANNI HERMANNI;

EID: 34347399352     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853807779798965     Document Type: Article

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