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Sexual disparity in activity patterns and time budgets of angulate tortoises (Chersina angulata) on Dassen Island, South Africa

Toby KeswickChelonian Biodiversity and Conservation – Southern Africa, Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, University of the Western Cape, Private Bag X17, Bellville, 7535, South Africa
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Brian T. HenenChelonian Biodiversity and Conservation – Southern Africa, Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, University of the Western Cape, Private Bag X17, Bellville, 7535, South Africa
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Margaretha D. HofmeyrChelonian Biodiversity and Conservation – Southern Africa, Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, University of the Western Cape, Private Bag X17, Bellville, 7535, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 224-233 | Received 13 Sep 2005, Accepted 11 Jan 2006, Published online: 20 Apr 2015

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