Demographic response of snake-necked turtles correlates with indigenous harvest and feral pig predation in tropical northern Australia

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1231-1243

  Fordham, Damien A ^a,b   Georges, Arthur ^a   Brook, Barry W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age specific fecundity; Capture mark recapture; Chelidae; Compensation; Density dependence; Juvenile recruitment; Population regulation; Survival; Wildlife utilization

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPENSATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FECUNDITY; HARVESTING; JUVENILE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MORTALITY; PIG; POPULATION REGULATION; PREDATION; RECRUITMENT; SURVIVAL; TURTLE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLUTCH SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; SURVIVAL; SWINE; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CLUTCH SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SUS SCROFA; TURTLES;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

CHELIDAE; CHELODINA RUGOSA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 35148850978     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2007.01298.x     Document Type: Article

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