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Activity patterns and habitat preference of eastern Hermann's tortoise (Testudo hermanni boettgeri) in Serbia

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  • 1. , Bogdan Lj. JOVANOVIĆ & Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia
  • 2. , Jelka M. CRNOBRNJA-ISAILOVIĆ & Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia & Department of Evolutionary Biology, Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković", University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
  • 3. , Bogdan Lj. JOVANOVIĆ & Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia & , Jelka M. CRNOBRNJA-ISAILOVIĆ & Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia & Department of Evolutionary Biology, Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković", University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

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Stojadinović, Dragana M., Milošević, Djuradj D., Sretić, Katarina S., Cvetković, Milica P., Jovanović, Tatjana R., Jovanović, Bogdan Lj., Crnobrnja-Isailović, Jelka M. (2017): Activity patterns and habitat preference of eastern Hermann's tortoise (Testudo hermanni boettgeri) in Serbia. Turkish Journal of Zoology 41 (6): 1036-1044, DOI: 10.3906/zoo-1702-21, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1702-21

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