Dietary shifts of sympatric freshwater turtles in pristine and oil-polluted habitats of the Niger delta, southern Nigeria

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 57-64

  Luiselli, L ^a,b   Akani, G C ^c   Politano, E ^a,b   Odegbune, E ^c   Bello, O ^a,b  

^a FIZV   (Italy)

^b Ctr of Environ Studies Demetra   (Italy)

^c RIVERS STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Chelonia; Community ecology; Feeding ecology; Pollution; Resource partitioning

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANNELIDA; GASTROPODA; HIRUDINIDA; INVERTEBRATA; PELOMEDUSA SUBRUFA; PELUSIOS; PELUSIOS CASTANEUS; PELUSIOS NIGER; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; TESTUDINES; TRIONYX; TRIONYX TRIUNGUIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3843099144     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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