Effectiveness of different conservation measures for loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) nests at Zakynthos Island, Greece

Biological Conservation

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 324-330

  Kornaraki, Evangelia ^a   Matossian, Dicran A ^a   Mazaris, Antonios D ^a   Matsinos, Yiannis G ^a   Margaritoulis, Dimitris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b Solomou   (Greece)

Author keywords

Caged nests; Caretta caretta; Conservation measures; Hatchery; Hatching success; Nesting beach; Sea turtle

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENCLOSURE EXPERIMENT; NEST SITE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRANSLOCATION; TURTLE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; IONIAN ISLANDS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; ZAKYNTHOS [IONIAN ISLANDS];

CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33645409222     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.12.027     Document Type: Article

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