Non-commercial collection of spur-thighed tortoises (Testudo graeca graeca): A cultural problem in southeast Spain

Biological Conservation

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 175-181

  Pérez, Irene ^a   Giménez, Andrés ^b   Sánchez Zapata, José Antonio ^b   Anadón, José Daniel ^b   Martínez, Marcelo ^a   Esteve, Miguel Ángel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b Dpto Biología Aplicada   (Spain)

Author keywords

Captivity; Non commercial collecting; Species conservation; Testudo graeca graeca; Wildlife attitudes and value scales

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE BREEDING; CAPTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; REPTILE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; TESTUDINIDAE; TESTUDO; TESTUDO GRAECA; TESTUDO GRAECA GRAECA;

EID: 1842686819     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2003.07.019     Document Type: Article

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