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Editors

Editors

ANDERS G.J. RHODIN, Chelonian Research Foundation
                    168 Goodrich St., Lunenburg, Massachusetts 01462 USA; RhodinCRF@aol.com
JEFFREY A. SEMINOFF, Southwest Fisheries Science Center
                    8604 La Jolla Shores Dr., La Jolla, California 92037 USA; Jeffrey.Seminoff@noaa.gov

Consulting Editors

PETER C.H. PRITCHARD, Chelonian Research Institute
                    402 South Central Ave., Oviedo, Florida 32765 USA; ChelonianRI@aol.com
RUSSELL A. MITTERMEIER, Conservation International
                    1919 M Street NW, Suite 600, Washington, D.C. 20037 USA; r.mittermeier@conservation.org

Editorial Review Board

F. ALBERTO ABREU-GROBOIS
  Universidad Nacional
  Autonoma de México
  Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico

ERNST H.W. BAARD
  Jonkershoek Nature
  Conservation Station
  Stellenbosch, South Africa

KRISTIN H. BERRY
  U.S. Geological Survey
  Riverside, California, USA

KAREN A. BJORNDAL
  University of Florida
  Gainesville, Florida, USA

ROGER BOUR
  Muséum National d’Histoire
  Naturelle
  Paris, France

KURT A. BUHLMANN
  Conservation International
  Washington, D.C., USA

JUSTIN D. CONGDON
  Savannah River Ecology
  Laboratory
  Aiken, South Carolina, USA

INDRANEIL DAS
  Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
  Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia

C. KENNETH DODD, JR.
  U.S. Geological Survey
  Gainesville, Florida, USA

SCOTT A. ECKERT WIDECAST
  Beaufort, North Carolina, USA
NANCY N. FITZSIMMONS
  University of Canberra
  Canberra, A.C.T., Australia

NAT B. FRAZER
  University of Florida
  Gainesville, Florida, USA

UWE FRITZ
  Zoological State Museum
  Dresden, Germany

ARTHUR GEORGES
  University of Canberra
  Canberra, A.C.T., Australia

J. WHITFIELD GIBBONS
  Savannah River Ecology
  Laboratory
  Aiken, South Carolina, USA

BRENDAN J. GODLEY
  University of Exeter in Cornwall
  Penryn, United Kingdom

JOHN B. IVERSON
  Earlham College
  Richmond, Indiana, USA

ELLIOTT R. JACOBSON
  University of Florida
  Gainesville, Florida, USA

FREDRIC J. JANZEN
  Iowa State University
  Ames, Iowa, USA

GERALD KUCHLING
  University of Western Australia
  Nedlands, W.A., Australia

COLIN J. LIMPUS
  Queensland Parks and Wildlife
  Service
  Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

KENNETH J. LOHMANN
  University of North Carolina
  Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

JEFFREY E. LOVICH
  U.S. Geological Survey
  Flagstaff, Arizona, USA

LUCA LUISELLI
  Centre of Environmental
  Studies Demetra
  Rome, Italy

MOLLY E. LUTCAVAGE
  University of New Hampshire
  Durham, New Hampshire, USA

DIMITRIS MARGARITOULIS
  Sea Turtle Protection Society
  Athens, Greece

RODERIC B. MAST
  Conservation International
  Washington, D.C., USA

ANNE B. MEYLAN
  Florida Marine Research
  Institute
  St. Petersburg, Florida, USA

PETER A. MEYLAN
  Eckerd College
  St. Petersburg, Florida, USA

EDWARD O. MOLL
  Eastern Illinois University
  Charleston, Illinois, USA

JEANNE A. MORTIMER
  University of Florida
  Gainesville, Florida, USA

NICHOLAS MROSOVSKY
  University of Toronto
  Toronto, Ontario, Canada

HENRY R. MUSHINSKY
  University of South Florida
  Tampa, Florida, USA

HIDETOSHI OTA
  University of the Ryukyus
  Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan

VIVIAN P. PÁEZ
  Universidad de Antioquia
  Medellin, Colombia

FRANK V. PALADINO
  Indiana-Purdue University
  Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA

NICOLAS J. PILCHER
  Marine Research Foundation
  Kota Kinabalu, Sabah,
  Malaysia

JAMES PERRAN ROSS
  University of Florida
  Gainesville, Florida, USA

H. BRADLEY SHAFFER
  University of California
  Davis, California, USA

JAMES R. SPOTILA
  Drexel University
  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
  USA

PETER PAUL VAN DIJK
  Conservation International
  Washington, D.C., USA

RICHARD C. VOGT
  Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas
  da Amazônia
  Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

DAWN S. WILSON
  Southwestern Research Station
  Portal, Arizona, USA

JEANETTE WYNEKEN
  Florida Atlantic University
  Boca Raton, Florida, USA

GEORGE R. ZUG
  National Museum of Natural
  History
  Washington, D.C., USA


CHELONIAN CONSERVATION AND BIOLOGY (ISSN 1071-8443) is an international peer-reviewed scientific journal of turtle and tortoise research and also the combined journal of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group and IUCN/SSC Marine Turtle Specialist Group of the IUCN—The World Conservation Union/Species Survival Commission. Manuscript submissions are welcome from any individuals, and are not limited to members of the Specialist Groups. The journal is published semi-annually by Chelonian Research Foundation in partnership with Allen Press and its Alliance Communications Group. Manuscripts may cover any aspects of turtle and tortoise research, with a preference for conservation or biology. Manuscripts dealing with conservation biology, systematic relationships, chelonian diversity, geographic distribution, natural history, ecology, reproduction, morphology and natural variation, population status, husbandry, community conservation initiatives, and human exploitation or conservation management issues are of special interest. Either full- length original research articles or shorter notes and field reports are welcome. Commentaries and reviews of interest to the turtle conservation and research community are also welcome. All manuscripts will be submitted for peer-review by the Editors, a selected member of the Editorial Review Board, and independent outside review. Submit manuscripts electronically directly to A.G.J. Rhodin at the e-mail address above. Instructions for manuscript submission and detailed guidelines for authors are published on the inside back cover of this journal.

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