Does rainforest logging threaten marine turtles?

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Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 246-251

  Laurance, William F ^a   Fay, J Michael ^b   Parnell, Richard J ^b   Sounguet, Guy Philippe ^c   Formia, Angela ^b   Lee, Michelle E ^d  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b Wildlife Conservation Society Gabon   (Gabon)

^c Aventures Sans Frontières ^*  (Gabon)

^d SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Beaches; Dermochelys coriacea; Gabon; Leatherback; Logging; Marine turtle; Nesting; Rainforest

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEACH; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT LOSS; LOGGING (TIMBER); MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NEST SITE; RAINFOREST; TURTLE;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; GABON; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CHELONIIDAE; DERMOCHELYIDAE; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 42149110834     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605308006625     Document Type: Article

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