Investigating potential for depensation in marine turtles: How low can you Go?: Contributed paper

Conservation Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 226-235

  Bell, C D ^a,b   Blumenthal, J M ^a,c   Broderick, A C ^a   Godley, B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b PENDOLEY ENVIRONMENTAL PTY LTD   (Australia)

^c Department of Environment ^*  (Cayman Islands)

Author keywords

Anticompensac on; Efectos Allee; Explotac on; Recuperac on de la poblac on; Tortugas marinas

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; GENE FLOW; META-ANALYSIS; PHILOPATRY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; TURTLE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; BREEDING; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; FEMALE; MALE; MARINE BIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TURTLES;

CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 74549152170     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01313.x     Document Type: Article

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