Satellite tracking large numbers of individuals to infer population level dispersal and core areas for the protection of an endangered species

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 834-844

  Schofield, Gail ^a   Dimadi, Alexandra ^b   Fossette, Sabrina ^a,c   Katselidis, Kostas A ^b,d   Koutsoubas, Drosos ^b,e   Lilley, Martin K S ^a,f   Luckman, Adrian ^a   Pantis, John D ^g   Karagouni, Amalia D ^h   Hays, Graeme C ^a,i  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b National Marine Park of Zakynthos   (Greece)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^f AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^g ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

ⁱ DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive behaviour; Conservation management; Dispersal; Predictive models; Sample size; Spatial ecology; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SITE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISPERSAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT USE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRACKING; TURTLE;

AEGEAN ISLANDS; GREECE; IONIAN ISLANDS; ZAKYNTHOS [IONIAN ISLANDS];

CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84879186692     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12077     Document Type: Article

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