Despite being a fundamental life-history character, there is a paucity of population-wide,
data-driven studies of primary sex ratios for any marine turtle species. The Republic of Cape …

The future persistence of biodiversity is likely to be affected by global climate change. We
propose a qualitative framework for assessing the resilience of coastal species to climate …

The main nesting area for loggerhead turtles in the eastern A tlantic is in the C ape V erde I
slands, largely restricted to the island of B oa V ista. Extensive monitoring demonstrated a …

For many species abundance data from across their entire range are incomplete, and
therefore it is difficult to accurately assess their conservation status. Even for species that are …

The shores of Cape Verde hosts one of the most important nesting populations of the
loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta in the world, as well as important feeding grounds for …

Fisheries bycatch is a critical threat to sea turtle populations worldwide, particularly because
turtles are vulnerable to multiple gear types. The Canary Current is an intensely fished …

Sea turtle nests usually suffer a high mortality on important nesting grounds. Understanding
the main factors that influence hatching success and productivity on important rookeries of …

Loggerhead sea turtles Caretta caretta are globally endangered. The population nesting in
Cabo Verde is genetically distinctive and numerically important in a global context. In Cabo …

We assessed the relationship between body size and several important life history
parameters to understand the demographic significance of interpopulation variability in the …

The body condition of adult females is generally a good indicator of the physiological status
of populations, especially important in threatened species. This parameter and its …