Trophic status drives interannual variability in nesting numbers of marine turtles

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 268, Issue 1475, 2001, Pages 1481-1487

  Broderick, A C ^a   Godley, B J ^a   Hays, G C ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Interannual variation; Marine turtle; Population; Remigration; Trophic status

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BREEDING POPULATION; TROPHIC STATUS; TURTLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; TURTLE;

ALGAE; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; MYDAS; POACEAE; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0034925738     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2001.1695     Document Type: Article

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