Critically endangered hawksbill turtles: Molecular genetics and the broad view of recovery

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 3516-3517

  Mortimer, Jeanne A ^a,b   Donnelly, Marydele ^c   Meylan, Anne B ^d   Meylan, Peter A ^e  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b Island Conservation Society   (Seychelles)

^c Caribbean Conservation Corporation   (United States)

^d FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e ECKERD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Endangered species; Exploitation; Hawksbill turtle; International trade; Molecular genetics

Indexed keywords

ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 34548543512     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03432.x     Document Type: Note

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