dc.contributor.author |
Ordonez, Cristina |
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dc.contributor.author |
Troeng, Sebastian |
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dc.contributor.author |
Meylan, Anne B. |
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dc.contributor.author |
Meylan, Peter A. |
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dc.contributor.author |
Ruiz, Argelis |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2011-02-16T18:26:07Z |
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dc.date.available |
2011-02-16T18:26:07Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2007 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Ordonez, Cristina, Troeng, Sebastian, Meylan, Anne B., Meylan, Peter A., and Ruiz, Argelis. 2007. "<a href="https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/12099">Chiriqui Beach, Panama, the most important leatherback nesting beach in Central America</a>." <em>Chelonian Conservation and Biology</em>. 6 (1):122–126. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2744/1071-8443(2007)6[122:CBPTMI]2.0.CO">https://doi.org/10.2744/1071-8443(2007)6[122:CBPTMI]2.0.CO</a> |
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dc.identifier.issn |
1071-8443 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/10088/12099 |
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dc.description.abstract |
Chiriqui Beach, in the Comarca N g o" b e-Bug l e' on the Carib b ean coast of Panama, is the most important nesting b each f or l eatherb ack turtl es (Dermochelys coriacea) in Carib b ean Central America. Beach surv ey s d uring the 2 0 0 3 and 2 0 0 4 nesting seasons d ocumented 3 0 7 7 l eatherb ack nests in one season and a minimum of 2 3 4 ind iv id ual l eatherb ack s. Monitoring of nest f ate rev eal ed that pred ation b y d og s represents the g reatest human- rel ated surv iv al threat to l eatherb ack s at Chiriqui Beach, al thoug h the k il l ing of l eatherb ack s f rom the same nesting popul ation on b eaches ear the Panama. Costa Rica b ord er al so is of c |
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dc.relation.ispartof |
Chelonian Conservation and Biology |
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dc.title |
Chiriqui Beach, Panama, the most important leatherback nesting beach in Central America |
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dc.type |
Journal Article |
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dc.identifier.srbnumber |
55623 |
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dc.identifier.doi |
10.2744/1071-8443(2007)6[122:CBPTMI]2.0.CO;2 |
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rft.jtitle |
Chelonian Conservation and Biology |
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rft.volume |
6 |
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rft.issue |
1 |
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rft.spage |
122 |
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rft.epage |
126 |
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dc.description.SIUnit |
Center for Tropical Palaeoecology and Archaeology |
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dc.description.SIUnit |
NH-EOL |
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dc.description.SIUnit |
STRI |
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dc.citation.spage |
122 |
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dc.citation.epage |
126 |
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