Responses of the endangered limpet Patella ferruginea to reintroduction under different environmental conditions: Survival, growth rates and life-history

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 371-384

  Espinosa, F ^a   Gonzalez A R ^a   Maestre, M J ^a   Fa, D ^b   Guerra Garcia J M ^a   Garcia Gomez J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b Gibraltar Museum   (Gibraltar)

Author keywords

Conservation; Growth; Life history; Patella ferruginea; Reintroduction

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT; EXTINCTION RISK; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY; MOLLUSC; MORTALITY; REINTRODUCTION; SURVIVAL;

MOLLUSCA; PATELLA FERRUGINEA;

EID: 58049219922     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250000801887740     Document Type: Article

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