Navigation by green turtles: Which strategy do displaced adults use to find Ascension Island?

Oikos

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 363-372

  Akesson S ^a   Broderick, A C ^b   Glen, F ^b   Godley, B J ^b   Luschi, P ^c   Papi, F ^d   Hays, G C ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d ACCADEMIA NAZIONALE DEI LINCEI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; NAVIGATION; ORIENTATION; TURTLE;

ASCENSION ISLAND; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

AMPHIBIA; CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; MYDAS; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0345047718     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2003.12207.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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