Employing sea-level rise scenarios to strategically select sea turtle nesting habitat important for long-term management at a temperate breeding area

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 450, Issue , 2014, Pages 47-54

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b National Marine Park of Zakynthos   (Greece)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Coastal squeeze; Evidence based management; Nest site selection; Resilience; Sex ratio; Vulnerability assessment

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DUNE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; NEST SITE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEX RATIO; SITE SELECTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TURTLE; VULNERABILITY;

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

CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84889602543     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2013.10.017     Document Type: Article

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