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Indigenous harvest, exotic pig predation and local persistence of a long-lived vertebrate: managing a tropical freshwater turtle for sustainability and conservation

Fordham, Damien A., Georges, Arthur and Brook, Barry W. (2008). Indigenous harvest, exotic pig predation and local persistence of a long-lived vertebrate: managing a tropical freshwater turtle for sustainability and conservation. Journal of Applied Ecology,45(1):52-62.

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Title Indigenous harvest, exotic pig predation and local persistence of a long-lived vertebrate: managing a tropical freshwater turtle for sustainability and conservation
Author Fordham, Damien A.
Georges, Arthur
Brook, Barry W.
Journal Name Journal of Applied Ecology
Publication Date 2008
Volume Number 45
Issue Number 1
ISSN 0021-8901   (check CDU catalogue open catalogue search in new window)
Start Page 52
End Page 62
Total Pages 11
Place of Publication UK
Publisher Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
Field of Research 0501 - Ecological Applications
0502 - Environmental Science and Management
0602 - Ecology
HERDC Category C1 - Journal Article (DEST)
Abstract Until recently, the northern snake-necked turtle (Chelodina rugosa Ogilby, 1890) provided a seasonal source of protein for indigenous communities in tropical northern Australia. Today, feral pigs (Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758) exert a heavy predation pressure on C. rugosa, compromising subsistence harvest rates and threatening local persistence.
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2007.01414.x   (check subscription with CDU E-Gateway service for CDU Staff and Students  check subscription with CDU E-Gateway in new window)
 
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