Are green turtles globally endangered?

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-26

  Broderick, Annette C ^a   Frauenstein, Robert ^b   Glen, Fiona ^c   Hays, Graeme C ^c   Jackson, Andrew L ^d   Pelembe, Tara ^e   Ruxton, Graeme D ^d   Godley, Brendan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b Ascension Island Turtle Project

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e Georgetown Ascension Island

Author keywords

Ascension Island; Chelonia mydas; Green turtle; IUCN; Red List

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; POPULATION DECLINE; RED LIST; TURTLE;

ASCENSION ISLAND; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN;

CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33644930024     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-822X.2006.00195.x     Document Type: Article

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