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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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Autores principales: O’Connor, Julie M., Limpus, Colin J., Hofmeister, Kate M., Allen, Benjamin L., Burnett, Scott E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5302370/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28187181
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0171831