Testudo trade in Turkey

Applied Herpetology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-37

  Turkozan, Oguz ^a   Kiremit, Ferhat ^a  

^a ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Export; Import; Testudo; Trade; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547494711     PISSN: 15707539     EISSN: 15707547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157075407779766679     Document Type: Article

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