Use of Long-Distance Migration Patterns of an Endangered Species to Inform Conservation Planning for the World's Largest Marine Protected Area

Conservation Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1636-1644

  Hays, Graeme C ^a,b   Mortimer, Jeanne A ^c,d   Ierodiaconou, Daniel ^a   Esteban, Nicole ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Florida ^*  (Seychelles)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Argos; Chagos; Chelonia; GPS tracking; MPA; Reserve

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BREEDING SEASON; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GPS; MARINE PARK; MIGRATION; PERCIFORM; SHARK; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STATE ROLE; TURTLE;

BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY; CHAGOS ARCHIPELAGO;

ANIMAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; INDIAN OCEAN; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; PROCEDURES; TURTLE;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; TURTLES;

EID: 84912575265     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12325     Document Type: Article

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