Cultural exploitation of freshwater turtles in sarawak, Malaysian borneo

Chelonian Conservation and Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 281-285

  Jensen, Karen A ^a,b   Das, Indranedl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

^b NONE   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYDA CARTILAGINEA; TESTUDINES; TRIONYCHIDAE;

EID: 58249099297     PISSN: 10718443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2744/CCB-0657.1     Document Type: Article

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