Seeing past the red: Flawed IUCN global listings for sea turtles

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 155-159

  Godfrey, Matthew H ^a,b   Godley, Brendan J ^c  

^a North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extinction risk; IUCN; Marine turtle; Red List; Status

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION STATUS; EXTINCTION RISK; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION SIZE; RED LIST; TURTLE;

CHELONIIDAE; NATATOR DEPRESSA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 57449106229     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00071     Document Type: Article

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