Internesting intervals for loggerhead turtles, Caretta caretta, and green turtles, Chelonia mydas, are affected by temperature

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1651-1662

  Sato, Katsufumi ^a   Matsuzawa, Yoshimasa ^b   Tanaka, Hideji ^c   Bando, Takeharu ^d   Minamikawa, Shingo ^b   Sakamoto, Wataru ^b   Naito, Yasuhiko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^d Institute of Cetacean Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NESTING BEHAVIOR; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TURTLE;

ANURA; ARRHENIUS; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIA MYDAS; MYDAS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0032449165     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z98-107     Document Type: Article

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