Discovery of a regular nesting area of loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta in southern Italy: A new perspective for national conservation

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3519-3541

  Mingozzi, Toni ^a   Masciari, Giampiero ^a   Paolillo, Giuseppe ^b   Pisani, Brunella ^a   Russo, Manuela ^a   Massolo, Alessandro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b WWF ITALIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Caretta caretta; Conservation; Italy; Loggerhead turtle; Mediterranean; Nesting distribution

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; BREEDING POPULATION; CONSERVATION PLANNING; MORTALITY; NEST SITE; NESTING; TURTLE;

AGRIGENTO; CALABRIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; IONIAN SEA; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PELAGI ISLANDS; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CARETTA CARETTA; PELAGIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 36148980801     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-006-9098-6     Document Type: Review

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