Characteristics and risk assessment of international trade in tortoises and freshwater turtles in China

Chelonian Conservation and Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 28-36

  Zhou, Zhihua ^a,b   Jiang, Zhigang ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b Endangered Species Import and Export Management Office of the People's Republic of China   (China)

^c Endangered Species Scientific Commission of the People's Republic of China   (China)

Author keywords

China; CITES; Geoemydidae; Management; Reptilia; Risk assessment; Testudines; Tortoise; Trade; Trionychidae; Turtle; Wildlife conservation

Indexed keywords

GEOEMYDIDAE; MAUREMYS REEVESII; PELODISCUS SINENSIS; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES; TESTUDINIDAE; TRIONYCHIDAE;

EID: 50249102784     PISSN: 10718443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2744/CCB-0662.1     Document Type: Article

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