Occurrence of the critically endangered mediterranean monk seal, monachus monachus, at olympos-beydağları national park, turkey (mammalia: phocidae)

Zoology in the Middle East

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-8

  Gucu, Ali Cemal ^a   Sakinan, Serdar ^a   Ok, Meltem ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antalya; Endangered species; Mediterranean Monk Seal; Olympos Beyda lar National Park; Photo trapping; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CAVE; COASTAL ZONE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; NATIONAL PARK; PINNIPED; TAXONOMY; TRAPPING;

ANTALYA [TURKEY]; EURASIA; OLYMPOS-BEY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK; TURKEY;

MONACHUS; MONACHUS MONACHUS;

EID: 67649532411     PISSN: 09397140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2009.10638321     Document Type: Article

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