Trends and variability in demographic indicators of a recovering population of green sea turtles Chelonia mydas

Multiple populations of green sea turtles Chelonia mydas show signs of population recovery. In Hawaii (USA), green turtles have increased 5.4% yr-1 since 1973, but fluctuations in census counts of nesting females make recovery diagnosis difficult. Evaluating demographic rates for temporal change and...

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Main Authors: Piacenza, SE, Balazs, GH, Hargrove, SK, Richards, PM, Heppell, SS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Inter-Research 2016-10-01
Series:Endangered Species Research
Online Access:https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/esr/v31/p103-117/