Estimating demographic parameters for a critically endangered marine species with frequent reproductive omission: Hawksbill turtles nesting at Varanus Island, Western Australia

Marine Biology

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 355-363

  Prince, Robert I T ^a   Chaloupka, Milani ^b  

^a Crop Variety Testing Group   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIOENERGETICS; BREEDING SEASON; DATA SET; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; HABITAT QUALITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NESTING BEHAVIOR; NESTING SUCCESS; PARAMETERIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROBABILITY; RED LIST; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; TURTLE;

AUSTRALIA; VARANUS ISLAND; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

CHELONIIDAE; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA BISSA; TESTUDINES; VARANUS;

EID: 84856017835     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-011-1813-5     Document Type: Article

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