Do headstart programs work? Survival and body condition in headstarted Mona Island iguanas Cyclura cornuta stejnegeri

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-65

  Pérez Buitrago, Néstor ^a,b   García, Miguel A ^a,b   Sabat, Alberto ^a   Delgado, Johanna ^c   Álvarez, Alberto ^b   McMillan, Owen ^a   Funk, Stephan M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO RIO PIEDRAS   (Puerto Rico)

^b Department of Natural and Environmental Resources   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

^d DURRELL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Conservation management; Cyclura; Headstarting; Mona Island; Puerto Rico; Reintroduction; Rock iguana

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GROWTH RATE; REINTRODUCTION; REPTILE; SPATIAL DATA;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; MONA ISLAND; PUERTO RICO;

CYCLURA; CYCLURA CORNUTA STEJNEGERI; IGUANA; IGUANIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 55849119187     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00130     Document Type: Article

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