Genetic assessment, illegal trafficking and management of the Mediterranean spur-thighed tortoise in Southern Spain and Northern Africa

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-13

  Salinas, María ^a   Altet, Laura ^a   Clavel, Cristina ^b   Almela, Ramón Miguel ^b   Bayón, Alejandro ^b   Burguete, Isabel ^b   Sánchez, Armand ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conservation; Endangered species; Illegal movement; Species management plan; Testudinidae; Testudo graeca

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE POPULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISPERSAL; DISTURBANCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HYBRID; MEAT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; TRAFFICKING; TURTLE; WILD POPULATION;

AFRICA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

ANIMALIA; TESTUDINIDAE; TESTUDO GRAECA; TESTUDO GRAECA GRAECA;

EID: 78650919918     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-009-9982-1     Document Type: Article

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