Global Conservation Priorities for Marine Turtles
International Union for Conservation of Nature (Bangladesh) · Conservation International · +38 more institutions
Abstract
Where conservation resources are limited and conservation targets are diverse, robust yet flexible priority-setting frameworks are vital. Priority-setting is especially important for geographically widespread species with distinct populations subject to multiple threats that operate on different spatial and temporal scales. Marine turtles are widely distributed and exhibit intra-specific variations in population sizes and trends, as well as reproduction and morphology. However, current global extinction risk assessment frameworks do not assess conservation status of spatially and biologically distinct marine turtle Regional Management Units (RMUs), and thus do not capture variations in population trends,…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 38.71
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- 100%
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- 38
Authors
31- BPBryan P. WallaceCorresponding
International Union for Conservation of Nature (Bangladesh), Conservation International, Duke University, International Union for Conservation of Nature (United States), University of South Carolina Beaufort
- ADAndrew DiMatteoCorresponding
International Union for Conservation of Nature (Bangladesh), Duke University, International Union for Conservation of Nature (United States), Geospatial Research (United Kingdom)
- ABAlan B. BoltenCorresponding
International Union for Conservation of Nature (Bangladesh), Sea Turtle Conservancy, University of Florida, International Union for Conservation of Nature (United States)
- MCMilani ChaloupkaCorresponding
International Union for Conservation of Nature (Bangladesh), The University of Queensland, International Union for Conservation of Nature (United States), Services Australia
- BJBrian J. HutchinsonCorresponding
International Union for Conservation of Nature (Bangladesh), Conservation International, International Union for Conservation of Nature (United States)
Topics & keywords
- Marine conservation
- Environmental resource management
- Endangered species
- Turtle (robot)
- Population
- Conservation status
- Population viability analysis
- Critically endangered
- Life below water