Factors Influencing Reproductive Output and Egg Size in a Southern Population of Gopher Tortoises

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• Publication year

  2014

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  Unknown venue

• Publication date

  2014-12-11

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1656/058.013.0403
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