First census of the green turtle at Poilão, Bijagós Archipelago, Guinea-Bissau: The most important nesting colony on the Atlantic coast of Africa

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Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 400-403

  Catry, Paulo ^a,e   Barbosa, Castro ^a   Indjai, Bucar ^b   Almeida, Amadeu ^c   Godley, Brendan J ^d   Vié, Jean Christophe ^a  

^a IUCN Guinea Bissau ^*  (Guinea-Bissau)

^b Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas   (Guinea-Bissau)

^c Centro de Investigaçao Pesqueira Aplicada   (Guinea-Bissau)

^d SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Africa; Chelonia mydas; Eretmochelys imbricata; Green turtle; Guinea Bissau; Hawksbill turtle; Poil o; Sea turtle

Indexed keywords

NEST SITE; POPULATION ECOLOGY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; TURTLE;

AFRICA; GUINEA-BISSAU; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0038046652     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605302000765     Document Type: Article

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