Evaluating population recovery for sea turtles under nesting beach protection while accounting for nesting behaviours and changes in availability

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 601-610

  Thorson, James T ^a   Punt, André E ^a   Nel, Ronel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bycatch; Capture mark recapture; Extended Cormack Jolly Seber; Fixed knot spline; Leatherback sea turtle; Loggerhead sea turtle; Longline tuna fishing; Robust design data; Tag loss; Western Indian Ocean

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BYCATCH; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT LOSS; LONGLINING; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MARKOV CHAIN; MORTALITY; NESTING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION SIZE; RANGE EXPANSION; SEABIRD; TURTLE;

INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTH AFRICA;

AVES; CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; DERMOCHELYIDAE; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; SCOMBRIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84861660977     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2012.02143.x     Document Type: Article

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