Survival, dispersal and reproduction of headstarted Mona Island iguanas, Cyclura cornuta stejnegeri

Applied Herpetology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 357-363

  García, Miguel A ^a,b   Pérez Buitrago, Néstor ^b   Álvarez, Alberto O ^a   Tolson, Peter J ^c  

^a Division of Wildlife   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO RIO PIEDRAS   (Puerto Rico)

^c Toledo Zoo ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclura; Dispersal; Headstarting; Iguana; Mona Island; Radiotracking

Indexed keywords

EID: 35748955487     PISSN: 15707539     EISSN: 15707547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157075407782424511     Document Type: Article

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