Field surveys, natural history observations, and comments on the exploitation and conservation of indotestudo forstenii, Leucocephalon yuwonoi, and Cuora amboinensis in Sulawesi, Indonesia

Chelonian Conservation and Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 240-248

  Ives, Ian E ^a,e   Platt, Steven G ^b   Taserin, Johny S ^c   Hunowu, Iwan ^c   Siwu, Stephan ^d   Rainwater, Thomas R ^d,f  

^a ANTIOCH UNIVERSITY NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

^b SUL ROSS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Wildlife Conservation Society Bogor   (Indonesia)

^d TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Massachusetts Audubon Society   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Cuora amboinensis; Ecology; Exploitation; Geoemydidae; Indonesia; Indotestudo forstenii; Leucoce Phalon yuwonoi; Protected areas; Reptilia; Status; Sulawesi; Testudines; Testudinidae; Tortoise; Turtle

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CUORA AMBOINENSIS; GEOEMYDIDAE; INDOTESTUDO FORSTENII; LEUCOCEPHALON YUWONOI; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES; TESTUDINIDAE;

EID: 58249124816     PISSN: 10718443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2744/CCB-0718.1     Document Type: Article

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