Conserving the terecay (Podocnemis unifilis, Testudines: Pelomedusidae) through a community-based sustainable harvest of its eggs

Biological Conservation

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 84-92

  Caputo, Francesco Paolo ^a,c   Canestrelli, Daniele ^b   Boitani, Luigi ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Community based conservation; Eggs harvest; Flooding; Podocnemis unifilis; River turtles; Sustainable use

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; EGG; HARVESTING; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SUSTAINABILITY; TURTLE;

AGUARICO; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

DERMATEMYDIDAE; PELOMEDUSIDAE; PODOCNEMIS EXPANSA; PODOCNEMIS UNIFILIS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 22144450990     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.05.004     Document Type: Article

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