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Headstarting Programs

Headstarting Programs is a conservation strategy involving the captive rearing of neonatal sea turtles during their most vulnerable life stage to increase post-hatching survival rates before release into natural habitats.

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Head-starting Programs

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Publications

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Models to Evaluate Headstarting as a Management Tool for Long‐Lived Turtles

Selina S. Heppell, Larry B. Crowder, Deborah T. Crouse · Ecological Applications · 1996 · 288 citations

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Sea Turtle Conservation and Halfway Technology <sup>*</sup>

Nat B. Frazer · Conservation Biology · 1992 · 140 citations

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Critically evaluating best management practices for preventing freshwater turtle extinctions

Ricky‐John Spencer, James U. Van Dyke, Michael B. Thompson · Conservation Biology · 2017 · 112 citations

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Some of them came home: the Cayman Turtle Farm headstarting project for the green turtle <i>Chelonia mydas</i>

Catherine D.L. Bell, Joe Parsons, Timothy Austin et al. · Oryx · 2005 · 70 citations · Full text

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Behavioral considerations of headstarting as a conservation strategy for endangered Caribbean rock iguanas

Allison C. Alberts · Applied Animal Behaviour Science · 2006 · 67 citations

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Authors

72

  1. RB
    Richard B. King

    Northern Illinois University, United States

    2 publications · 59 citations

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  2. GA
    Gary A. Glowacki

    Lake County Forest Preserves, United States

    2 publications · 63 citations

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  3. AC
    Allison C. Alberts

    Zoological Society of San Diego, United States

    2 publications · 89 citations

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  4. AR
    Andrew R. Kuhns

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

    1 publications · 30 citations

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  5. CM
    Christina M. Davy

    Trent University, Canada

    1 publications · 30 citations

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Institutions

37

  1. Zoological Society of San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    133 citations

  2. Lake County Forest Preserves

    Libertyville, United States

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    153 citations

  3. Northern Illinois University

    DeKalb, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    118 citations

  4. University of Michigan–Flint

    Flint, United States

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    104 citations

  5. Truman Bodden Law School

    George Town, Cayman Islands

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    70 citations

  6. University of Exeter

    Exeter, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    210 citations

  7. Ontario Turtle Conservation Centre

    Selwyn, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    30 citations

  8. University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras

    San Juan, Puerto Rico

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    104 citations

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Venues

  1. Applied Animal Behaviour Science

    2 publications · 78 citations

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  2. Conservation Biology

    2 publications · 252 citations

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  3. Animal Conservation

    2 publications · 55 citations

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  4. PLoS ONE

    1 publications · 17 citations

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  5. Oryx

    1 publications · 70 citations

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