Patterns of dispersal of hawksbill turtles from the Cuban shelf inform scale of conservation and management

Biological Conservation

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 191-199

  Moncada, F G ^a   Hawkes, L A ^b,c   Fish, M R ^d   Godley, B J ^c   Manolis, S C ^e   Medina, Y ^a   Nodarse, G ^a   Webb, G J W ^e,f  

^a Centro de Investigaciones Pesqueras   (Cuba)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d World Wildlife Fund   (Canada)

^e Wildlife Management International   (Australia)

^f CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Conservation; Cuba; Flipper tagging; Hawksbill turtle; Satellite tracking

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DISPERSAL; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MOVEMENT; SITE FIDELITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TAGGING; TURTLE;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CUBA;

ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84858157947     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.01.011     Document Type: Article

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