Validation of incubation duration as an index of the sex ratio of hatchling sea turtles

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 831-835

  Mrosovsky, N ^a   Baptistotte, Cecília ^b   Godfrey, Matthew H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Projeta TAMAR IBAMA   (Brazil)

^c Projeto TAMAR and Fundação Pró TAMAR   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; INCUBATION; SEX RATIO; TURTLE;

CARETTA CARETTA;

EID: 0033306125     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z99-039     Document Type: Article

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