Aerial surveying of the world's largest leatherback turtle rookery: A more effective methodology for large-scale monitoring

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1719-1727

  Witt, Matthew J ^a   Baert, Bruno ^b   Broderick, Annette C ^a   Formia, Angela ^b,c   Fretey, Jacques ^d   Gibudi, Alain ^e   Mounguengui, Gil Avery Mounguengui ^e   Moussounda, Carine ^e   Ngouessono, Solange ^f   Parnell, Richard J ^b   Roumet, Dominique ^e   Sounguet, Guy Philippe ^g   Verhage, Bas ^e   Zogo, Alex ^g   Godley, Brendan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d IUCN France   (France)

^e PROTOMAC ^*  (Gabon)

^f Agence Nationale des Parcs Nationaux   (Gabon)

^g Aventures Sans Frontieres   (Gabon)

Author keywords

Dermochelys coriacea; Gabon; Interannual variation; Marine turtle; Population trends; Protected Areas; South Atlantic; Spatial ecology

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; ANNUAL VARIATION; BREEDING POPULATION; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POPULATION ESTIMATION; PROTECTED AREA; TURTLE;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); CENTRAL AFRICA; GABON; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CHELONIIDAE; DERMOCHELYIDAE; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 67349177843     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.03.009     Document Type: Article

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