Using long-term data and a stage-classified matrix to assess conservation strategies for an endangered turtle (Clemmys guttata)

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1560-1568

  Enneson, Jean J ^a   Litzgus, Jacqueline D ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Demography; Fecundity; Life history; Long lived vertebrate; Survivorship; Vital rates

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ELASTICITY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FECUNDITY; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY; POPULATION GROWTH; SEXUAL MATURITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVORSHIP; TURTLE;

CANADA; GEORGIAN BAY; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

CLEMMYS GUTTATA; EQUUS ASINUS; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 44649122073     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.04.001     Document Type: Article

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