Variation in adult annual survival probability and remigration intervals of sea turtles

Marine Biology

Volumn 151, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1721-1730

  Troëng, Sebastian ^a,b,d   Chaloupka, Milani ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Caribbean Conservation and Sea Turtle Survival League   (Costa Rica)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d Regional Marine Strategies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE AT MATURITY; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD QUALITY; LIFE HISTORY; MIGRATION; POPULATION DECLINE; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SURVIVORSHIP; TURTLE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; LIMON; NICARAGUA; TORTUGUERO;

CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 34249000431     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-007-0611-6     Document Type: Article

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