Conservation hotspots: Implications of intense spatial area use by breeding male and female loggerheads at the Mediterranean's largest rookery

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 191-202

  Schofield, Gail ^a,b   Lilley, Martin K S ^b   Bishop, Charles M ^c   Brown, Peter ^d   Katselidis, Kostas A ^a,e   Dimopoulos, Panayotis ^a   Pantis, John D ^f   Hays, Graeme C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d NAVSYS Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^e National Marine Park of Zakynthos   (Greece)

^f ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Conservation management; Endangered species; Marine vertebrate; Migratory species; Multiple paternity; Population density; Wildlife telemetry

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; COAST; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GPS; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT USE; POPULATION DENSITY; PROTECTED AREA; SEX RATIO; TURTLE;

GREECE; IONIAN ISLANDS; LAGANAS BAY; ZAKYNTHOS [IONIAN ISLANDS]; ZAKYNTHOS NATIONAL MARINE PARK;

CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77952313915     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00137     Document Type: Article

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