Natal dispersal, home range and habitat use of hatchlings of the Mona Island iguana (Cyclura cornuta stejnegeri)

Applied Herpetology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 365-376

  Pérez Buitrago, Néstor ^a   Sabat, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Cyclura; Hatchling biology; Natal dispersal; Survival

Indexed keywords

EID: 35748972934     PISSN: 15707539     EISSN: 15707547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157075407782424557     Document Type: Article

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