Vegetation and sand characteristics influencing nesting activity of Caretta caretta on Sekania beach

Biological Conservation

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 177-188

  Karavas, Nikolas ^a   Georghiou, Kyriacos ^a   Arianoutsou, Margarita ^a   Dimopoulos, Dimitris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Sea Turtle Protect Soc of Greece   (Greece)

Author keywords

Coastal vegetation; Nesting activity; Sandy beach; Sea turtle; Zakynthos

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; GIS; NESTING; SAND; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TURTLE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; IONIAN ISLANDS; SEKANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; ZAKYNTHOS;

CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 4344637863     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2004.04.017     Document Type: Article

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