The Critically Endangered Mediterranean monk seal Monachus monachus in the archipelago of Madeira: Priorities for conservation

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Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 278-285

  Pires, Rosa ^a   Neves, Henrique Costa ^b   Karamanlidis, Alexandros A ^c  

^a Parque Natural da Madeira   (Portugal)

^b Department of the Environment Science and Culture ^*  (Portugal)

^c MOm/Hellenic Society for the Study and Protection of the Monk Seal   (Greece)

Author keywords

Conservation status; Madeira; Management; Marine protected area; Mediterranean; Monachus monachus; Monk seal

Indexed keywords

ARCHIPELAGO; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MARINE PARK; MORTALITY; PINNIPED; POPULATION DECLINE; PRIORITIZATION; RED LIST; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DESERTAS ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; MADEIRA; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

MONACHUS; MONACHUS MONACHUS;

EID: 42149166069     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605308006704     Document Type: Article

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