The trade in native and exotic turtles in Texas

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 881-892

  Ceballos, Claudia P ^a,b,c,d,e   Fitzgerald, Lee A ^a,f  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS Y COSTERAS INVEMAR   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^d Ministry of Environment of Colombia   (Colombia)

^e Inst of Marine and Coastal Research   (Colombia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Tortoise; Turtle; United States Fish and Wildlife Service LEMIS database; Wildlife trade

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; TRADE; TURTLE;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 7544243362     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2004)032[0881:TTINAE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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