Conservation diagnosis of reintroducing Mediterranean pond turtles: What is wrong?

Animal Conservation

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 581-591

  Bertolero, A ^a   Oro, D ^b  

^a IRTA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mauremys leprosa; Reintroduction assessment criteria; Release cost; Survival

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PATCHINESS; POPULATION GROWTH; REINTRODUCTION; REPTILE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

EMYDIDAE; MAUREMYS LEPROSA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 71049183150     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2009.00284.x     Document Type: Article

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