Indigenous harvest, exotic pig predation and local persistence of a long-lived vertebrate: Managing a tropical freshwater turtle for sustainability and conservation

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 52-62

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chelidae; Density dependence; Exploitation; Matrix model; Population viability analysis (PVA); Recruitment; Regulation; Subsistence; Wildlife utilization

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FRESHWATER; HARVESTING; MORTALITY; NATURE CONSERVATION; PERSISTENCE; PIG; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; PREDATION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL; SUSTAINABILITY; TURTLE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

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

EID: 38349111691     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2007.01414.x     Document Type: Article

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