Monitoring an endangered freshwater turtle management program: effects of nest relocation on growth and locomotive performance of the giant South American turtle (Podocnemis expansa, podocnemididae)

Chelonian Conservation and Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 213-222

  Jaffé, Rodolfo ^a,b   Peñaloza, Claudia ^a,c   Barreto, Guillermo R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endangered species; Management programs; Nest relocation; Podocnemididae; Podocnemis expansa; Reptilia; Testudines; Turtle; Turtle conservation; Turtle growth rate

Indexed keywords

PODOCNEMIDIDAE; PODOCNEMIS EXPANSA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 58249104307     PISSN: 10718443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2744/CCB-0696.1     Document Type: Article

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