The growth pattern of the African tortoise Geochelone pardalis and other chelonians
The growth pattern of the African tortoise Geochelone pardalis and other chelonians
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Ottawa, Canada: NRC Research Press
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Growth rings were measured in dead African leopard tortoises, Geochelone pardalis, collected in the seasonal tropics of Zimbabwe over an 11-year period. A series of Ford-Walford plots using growth measured from annuli showed that growth fitted a logistic by mass curve best, logistic by length and Gompertz curves less well, and a Bertalanffy curve l...
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The growth pattern of the African tortoise Geochelone pardalis and other chelonians
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TN_cdi_nrcresearch_primary_10_1139_z98_225
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_nrcresearch_primary_10_1139_z98_225
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0008-4301
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1480-3283
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10.1139/z98-225
