A genetic survey of heavily exploited, endangered turtles: Caveats on the conservation value of trade animals

Animal Conservation

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 452-460

  Fong, Jonathan J ^a,b,c   Parham, J F ^a,b,d   Shi, H ^e   Stuart, B L ^a,f   Carter, R L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^e HAINAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian turtle crisis; Mauremys annamensis; Mauremys mutica; Reintroduction; Repatriation; Translocation; Turtle farm; Turtle trade

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE BREEDING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; REINTRODUCTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRANSLOCATION; TURTLE;

ANIMALIA; MAUREMYS; MAUREMYS ANNAMENSIS; MAUREMYS MUTICA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 35648942760     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2007.00131.x     Document Type: Article

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