Pivotal temperature and predicted sex ratios for hatchling hawksbill turtles from Brazil

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 77, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1465-1473

  Godfrey, Matthew H ^a,b   D'Amato, Adriana F ^b,c   Marcovaldi, Maria A ^b   Mrosovsky, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Fundacao Pro TAMAR   (Brazil)

^c Sociedade de Preservacao   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCUBATION; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TURTLE;

BRAZIL;

ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA;

EID: 0033306239     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z99-117     Document Type: Article

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