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The use of headstarting in turtle conservation
PRŮCHOVÁ, Daniela
The bachelor thesis entitled The use of headstarting in turtle conservation was designed as a research thesis. The thesis is divided into five parts, which explain the issue of turtle endangerment and how this important and widespread group of nearly extinct and recent reptiles can be protected. The aim of the thesis is to explain the concept of headstarting, to identify the reasons for the threat to turtles and to evaluate whether and to what extent headstarting helps in the conservation of turtles. The first part communicates basic important information about turtles, both the biological classification and the important role of these reptiles in ecosystems. The second part details the reasons why all three groups of turtles - terrestrial, semi-aquatic, marine - are threatened, which is why headstarting has come into use for turtles. The third part of the thesis addresses reproduction in turtles, again for all groups, because of differences in reproduction in each group. The fourth part of the thesis discusses general information about headstarting, what headstarting options exist, and what criticisms there are towards headstarting based on the resources already available. The last important part of this thesis focuses on selected studies and research. The thesis includes research on selected species from each group of turtles to better evaluate and determine which groups headstarting helps, which groups it does not help, or if it affects the survival of a particular species of turtle.
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