Demographic Evidence of Illegal Harvesting of an Endangered Asian Turtle

Conservation Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1421-1428

  Sung, Yik Hei ^a   Karraker, Nancy E ^b   Hau, Billy C H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Kadoorie Conservation China   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Big headed turtle; China; Overcollection; Overexploitation; Platysternon megacephalum

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPLOITATION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HARVESTING; MARKET SYSTEM; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PROTECTED AREA; TURTLE;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

ANIMALIA; PLATYSTERNIDAE; PLATYSTERNON MEGACEPHALUM; TESTUDINES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIG-HEADED TURTLE; CHINA; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; HONG KONG; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; OVERCOLLECTION; OVEREXPLOITATION; PLATYSTERNON MEGACEPHALUM; POPULATION DENSITY; SOBRECOLECTA; SOBREEXPLOTACIÓN; TURTLE;

BIG-HEADED TURTLE; CHINA; OVERCOLLECTION; OVEREXPLOITATION; PLATYSTERNON MEGACEPHALUM; SOBRECOLECTA; SOBREEXPLOTACIÓN;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; HONG KONG; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; TURTLES;

EID: 84897056941     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12102     Document Type: Article

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