The Importance of Isla Clarión, archipelago revillagigedo, Mexico, for green turtle (Chelonia mydas) nesting

Chelonian Conservation and Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 305-309

  Holroyd, Geoffrey L ^a   Trefry, Helen E ^b  

^a Beaverhill Bird Observatory   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chelonia mydas; Cheloniidae; Isla Clari n; Mexico; nesting; Reptilia

Indexed keywords

CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 78651309039     PISSN: 10718443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2744/CCB-0831.1     Document Type: Article

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