Ecology and use of Asian soft-shell turtle (Amyda cartilaginea) with notes on other species

Turtles and tortoises play important., albeit incompletely understood and largely unappreciated, roles in both the ecology of their ecosystem, and in the economy and sociology of the human cultures that interact with these enigmatic creatures, South-east Asia is home to a high diversity of freshwate...

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Main Author: Jensen, Karen A.
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2006
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Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/3585/1/Karen.pdf
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spelling my-unimas-ir.35852023-05-26T02:45:02Z Ecology and use of Asian soft-shell turtle (Amyda cartilaginea) with notes on other species 2006 Jensen, Karen A. QL Zoology Turtles and tortoises play important., albeit incompletely understood and largely unappreciated, roles in both the ecology of their ecosystem, and in the economy and sociology of the human cultures that interact with these enigmatic creatures, South-east Asia is home to a high diversity of freshwater turtle species. However, none of the species knows from Borneo have been studied at length and consequently, little is know of their ecology. The present work is the first ecological study of Amyda cartilaginea not only in Borneo, but Malaysia. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2006 Thesis http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/3585/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/3585/1/Karen.pdf text en validuser masters Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation.
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topic QL Zoology
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Jensen, Karen A.
Ecology and use of Asian soft-shell turtle (Amyda cartilaginea) with notes on other species
description Turtles and tortoises play important., albeit incompletely understood and largely unappreciated, roles in both the ecology of their ecosystem, and in the economy and sociology of the human cultures that interact with these enigmatic creatures, South-east Asia is home to a high diversity of freshwater turtle species. However, none of the species knows from Borneo have been studied at length and consequently, little is know of their ecology. The present work is the first ecological study of Amyda cartilaginea not only in Borneo, but Malaysia.
format Thesis
qualification_level Master's degree
author Jensen, Karen A.
author_facet Jensen, Karen A.
author_sort Jensen, Karen A.
title Ecology and use of Asian soft-shell turtle (Amyda cartilaginea) with notes on other species
title_short Ecology and use of Asian soft-shell turtle (Amyda cartilaginea) with notes on other species
title_full Ecology and use of Asian soft-shell turtle (Amyda cartilaginea) with notes on other species
title_fullStr Ecology and use of Asian soft-shell turtle (Amyda cartilaginea) with notes on other species
title_full_unstemmed Ecology and use of Asian soft-shell turtle (Amyda cartilaginea) with notes on other species
title_sort ecology and use of asian soft-shell turtle (amyda cartilaginea) with notes on other species
granting_institution Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
granting_department Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation.
publishDate 2006
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/3585/1/Karen.pdf
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