Thermal conditions in nests of loggerhead turtles: Further evidence suggesting female skewed sex ratios of hatchling production in the Mediterranean

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 263, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 45-63

  Godley, B J ^a   Broderick, A C ^a   Downie, J R ^b   Glen, F ^a   Houghton, J D ^a   Kirkwood, I ^a   Reece, S ^c   Hays, G C ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caretta caretta; Incubation duration; Sea turtle; Sex ratios; Temperature dependent sex determination (TSD)

Indexed keywords

HATCHING; INCUBATION; NEST SITE; SEX RATIO; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TURTLE;

ARTICLE; CARETTA CARETTA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HATCHING; NONHUMAN; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TURTLE;

CYPRUS;

CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0035425318     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(01)00269-6     Document Type: Article

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