Models to evaluate headstarting as a management tool for long-lived turtles

Ecological Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 556-565

  Heppell, Selina S ^a,c   Crowder, Larry B ^a   Crouse, Deborah T ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Marine Conservation   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endangered species management; Headstart programs; Kinosternon flavescens; Lepidochelys kempi; Matrix models; Sea turtles; Turtles

Indexed keywords

CHELONIIDAE; KINOSTERNON FLAVESCENS; LEPIDOCHELYS KEMPII; TESTUDINES; LEPIDOCHELYS KEMPI;

ENDANGERED TURTLE; HEADSTARTING; KEMP'S RIDLEY; SPECIES RECOVERY PLAN; SURVIVAL; YELLOW MUD TURTLE;

EID: 0030403457     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2269391     Document Type: Article

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