Current state of steppe tortoise (Agrionemys horsfieldii Gray, 1844) populations in landscapes of southern Kazakhstan

Russian Journal of Ecology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 210-214

  Bondarenko, D A ^a   Peregontsev, E A ^b   Mukhtar, G B ^c  

^a FEDERAL BIOMEDICAL AGENCY OF RUSSIA   (Russian Federation)

^b State Biological Control Service (Gosbiokontrol)   (Uzbekistan)

^c Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan   (Kazakhstan)

Author keywords

Abundance; Kazakhstan; Sex and age structure of populations; Steppe tortoise

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGE STRUCTURE; LANDSCAPE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; STEPPE; TURTLE;

ASIA; EURASIA; KAZAKHSTAN; WEST ASIA;

TESTUDO HORSFIELDII;

EID: 43549125036     PISSN: 10674136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S1067413608030107     Document Type: Article

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