Returning them back to the wild: movement patterns of repatriated egyptian tortoises, testudo kleinmanni lortet, 1883 (sauropsida: testudinidae)

Zoology in the Middle East

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-40

  Attum, Omar ^a   Kingsbury, Bruce ^a   Esawy, Mohamad M ^b   Farag, Wissam E ^b   Gad, Ahmad E ^b   Baha El Din, Sherif M ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

^b Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency   (Egypt)

^c Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Egypt; Hard release; Reintroduction; Release site dispersal; Repatriation; Testudo kleinmanni

Indexed keywords

MOVEMENT; REINTRODUCTION; REPATRIATION; REPTILE;

AFRICA; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA;

SAUROPSIDA; TESTUDINIDAE; TESTUDO KLEINMANNI;

EID: 34648843593     PISSN: 09397140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2007.10638225     Document Type: Article

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