Predicted female bias in sex ratios of hatchling loggerhead sea turtles from a florida nesting beach

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 76, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1850-1861

  Hanson, JoAnne ^a   Wibbels, Thane ^a   Martin, R Erik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Ecological Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCUBATION; SEX RATIO; TURTLE;

FLORIDA; HUTCHINSON ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

CARETTA CARETTA;

EID: 0032467639     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z98-118     Document Type: Article

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