Raccoon removal on sea turtle nesting beaches

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1234-1237

  Barton, Brandon T ^a,b   Roth, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Beach ecology; Caretta caretta; Diet; Dispersal; Loggerhead turtle; Predator removal; Procyon lotor; Raccoon; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BEACH; MAMMAL; NEST SITE; PREDATOR CONTROL; TURTLE;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR; TESTUDINES;

EID: 43049093294     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2006-014     Document Type: Article

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