The dilemma of accuracy in IUCN Red List categories, as exemplified by hawksbill turtles Eretmochelys imbricata

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 161-172

  Webb, Grahame J W ^a,b  

^a Wildlife Management International   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hawksbill turtle; International Union for Conservation of Nature; IUCN; Red List

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMONITORING; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION STATUS; EXTINCTION RISK; POPULATION DECLINE; RED LIST; TURTLE;

ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; PYRONIA TITHONUS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 65349088490     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00124     Document Type: Article

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