Assessing the relative importance of conservation measures applied on sea turtles: Comparison of measures focusing on nesting success and hatching recruitment success

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 221-231

  Mazaris, Antonios D ^a   Kramer Schadt, Stephanie ^b   Tzanopoulos, Joseph ^a   Johst, Karin ^c   Matsinos, Giannis ^d   Pantis, John D ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Conservation; Habitat Quality; Hatchling emergence success; Hatchling Recruitment; Hatchling success; Nesting Activity; Nesting habitats; Sea turtles

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MODELING; HABITAT QUALITY; HATCHING; MORTALITY; NESTING BEHAVIOR; NESTING SUCCESS; PARAMETERIZATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TURTLE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 70149121939     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853809788201180     Document Type: Article

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