Using an individual-based model for assessment of sea turtle population viability

Population Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 179-191

  Mazaris, Antonios D ^a   Fiksen, Øyvind ^b   Matsinos, Yiannis G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Caretta caretta; Critical parameters; Individual based model; Population dynamics; Sea turtle; Superindividual

Indexed keywords

INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TURTLE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ANIMALIA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 28444496339     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-005-0220-5     Document Type: Article

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