Hawksbill turtle monitoring in Cousin Island Special Reserve, Seychelles: An eight-fold increase in annual nesting numbers

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 195-200

  Allen, Zoë C ^a   Shah, Nirmal J ^a   Grant, Alastair ^b   Derand, Gilles David ^a   Bell, Diana ^b  

^a NATURE SEYCHELLES   (Seychelles)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eretmochelys imbricata; Indian Ocean; Seychelles; Turtle conservation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MONITORING SYSTEM; NESTING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION SIZE; TURTLE;

COUSIN ISLAND; INDIAN OCEAN; SEYCHELLES;

ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 77952513591     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00281     Document Type: Article

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