Anti-predator meshing may provide greater protection for sea turtle nests than predator removal

The problem of how to protect sea turtle nests from terrestrial predators is of worldwide concern. On Queensland’s southern Sunshine Coast, depredation of turtle nests by the introduced European red fox (Vulpes vulpes) has been recorded as the primary terrestrial cause of egg and hatchling mortality...

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Published in:PLoS One
Main Authors: O’Connor, Julie M., Limpus, Colin J., Hofmeister, Kate M., Allen, Benjamin L., Burnett, Scott E.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2017
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Research Article
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5302370/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28187181
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0171831
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