Trial release of the world's rarest tortoise Geochelone yniphora in Madagascar

Biological Conservation

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 333-342

  Pedrono, Miguel ^a,b   Sarovy, Augustin ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b DURRELL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Captive breeding; Geochelone yniphora; Madagascar; Ploughshare tortoise; Reintroduction; Release

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; RARE SPECIES; REPTILE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL;

MADAGASCAR;

GEOCHELONE YNIPHORA;

EID: 0033933922     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(00)00023-9     Document Type: Article

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