Evidence-based management to regulate the impact of tourism at a key marine turtle rookery on Zakynthos Island, Greece

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Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 584-594

  Katselidis, Kostas A ^a   Schofield, Gail ^b   Stamou, Giorgos ^c   Dimopoulos, Panayotis ^a   Pantis, John D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Caretta caretta; coastal development; dispersal; global climate change; heterogeneous environments; marine turtle; nest site selection; science based management

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEACH PROFILE; COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; DISPERSAL; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GLOBAL CHANGE; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HETEROGENEITY; NEST SITE; PROTECTED AREA; SITE SELECTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TOURISM; TURTLE;

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

EID: 84885006453     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605312000385     Document Type: Article

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