Can satellite-based night lights be used for conservation? The case of nesting sea turtles in the Mediterranean

Biological Conservation

Volumn 159, Issue , 2013, Pages 63-72

  Mazor, Tessa ^a,b   Levin, Noam ^b   Possingham, Hugh P ^a   Levy, Yaniv ^c   Rocchini, Duccio ^d   Richardson, Anthony J ^a   Kark, Salit ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c Israel Nature and Parks Authority and Israel Electric Corporation   (Israel)

^d RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Artificial night lights; Caretta caretta; Chelonia mydas; Coastal conservation; Satellite imagery; Sea turtle conservation

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COASTAL ZONE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; LIGHT; LIGHT INTENSITY; NESTING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITIZATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPACECRAFT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TURTLE;

ISRAEL; MEDITERRANEAN COAST [ISRAEL];

CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84872698416     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.11.004     Document Type: Article

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