Ecological notes on feral populations of trachemys scripta elegans in Bermuda

Chelonian Conservation and Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 266-269

  Outerbridge, Mark E ^a  

^a Bermuda Zoological Society   (Bermuda)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EMYDIDAE; TESTUDINES; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA ELEGANS;

EID: 58249110843     PISSN: 10718443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2744/ccb-0713.1     Document Type: Article

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