Estimation of the nesting season of marine turtles from incomplete data: Statistical adjustment of a sinusoidal function

Animal Conservation

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 95-102

  Gratiot, Nicolas ^a   Gratiot, J ^b   Kelle, L ^c   de Thoisy, B ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b Association Kwata   (France)

^c WWF Guianas   (France)

Author keywords

Chelonia mydas; Dermochelys coriacea; Lepidochelys olivacea; Marine turtle; Nesting counts

Indexed keywords

MONITORING; NESTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TURTLE;

CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; LEPIDOCHELYS OLIVACEA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33644809383     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2005.00015.x     Document Type: Article

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