Beach selection in nesting Pig-Nosed Turtles, Carettochelys insculpta

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 178-182

  Doody, J Sean ^a   West, Peter ^a   Georges, Arthur ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARETTOCHELYS INSCULPTA; SUS SCROFA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0037360321     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2003)037[0178:BSINPN]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. ALLSTEADT, J., AND J. W. LANG. 1994. Incubation temperature affects body size and energy reserves of hatchling American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis). Physiological Zoology 68:76-97.
2. BLAKE, D. K. 1974. The rearing of crocodiles for commercial and conservation purposes in Rhodesia. Rhodesian Science News 8:315-324.
3. BULL, J. J. 1980. Sex determination in reptiles. Quarterly Review of Biology 55:3-21.
4. BURGER, J. 1976. Temperature relationships in the nests of the northern diamondback terrapin, Malaclemys insculpta. Herpetologica 32:412-418.
5. DOODY, J. S. 1995. A Comparative Nesting Study of Two Syntopic Species of Softshell Turtles (Apalone mutica and Apalone spinifera) in Southeastern Louisiana. Unpubl. master's thesis, Southeastern Louisiana Univ., Hammond.
6. DOODY, J. S., A. GEORGES, J. E. YOUNG, M. D. PAUZA, A. L. PEPPER, R. L. ALDERMAN, AND M. A. WELSH. 2001. Embryonic aestivation and emergence behaviour in the pig-nosed turtle, Carettochelys insculpta. Canadian Journal of Zoology 79:1062-1072.
7. DOODY, J. S., A. GEORGES, AND J. E. YOUNG. 2002. Sex differences in activity and movements in the pig-nosed turtle, Carettochelys insculpta, in the wet-dry tropics of Australia. Copeia 2002:93-103.
8. EWERT, M. A., AND C. E. NELSON. 1991. Sex determination in turtles: Diverse patterns and possible adaptive values. Journal of Experimental Zoology 270:3-15.
9. GEORGES, A. 1992. Thermal characteristics and sex determination in field nests of the pig-nosed turtle, Carettochelys insculpta (Chelonia: Carettochelydidae), from northern Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 40:511-521.
10. GEORGES, A., AND R. KENNETT. 1993. Dry season distribution and ecology of Carettochelys insculpta (Chelonia: Carettochelydidae) Kakadu National Park, northern Australia. Australian Wildlife Research 16:323-335.
11. GEORGES, A., AND M. ROSE. 1993. Conservation biology of the pig-nosed turtle, Carettochelys insculpta. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 1:3-12.
12. JANZEN, F. J. 1994. Vegetational cover predicts the sex ratio of hatchling turtles in natural nests. Ecology 75:1593-1599.
13. JANZEN, F. J., AND C. L. MORJAN. 2001. Repeatability of macro-environment-specific nesting behaviour in a turtle with environmental sex determination. Animal Behaviour 62:73-82.
14. MORTIMER, J. A., AND A. CARR. 1987. Reproduction and migrations of the Ascension Island green turtle (Chelonia mydas). Copeia 1987:103-113.
15. PACKARD, G. C., AND M. J. PACKARD. 1988. The physiological ecology of reptilian eggs and embryos. In C. Gans and R. B. Huey (eds.), Biology of the Reptilia. Vol. 16, pp. 523-605. Alan R. Liss, New York.
16. PLUMMER, M. V. 1976. Some aspects of nesting success in the turtle Trionyx muticus. Herpetologica 32:353-359.
17. ROOSENBERG, W. 1996. Maternal condition and nest site choice: an alternative for the maintenance of environmental sex determination. American Zoologist 36:157-168.
18. ROZE, J. A. 1964. Pilgrim of the river. Life cycle of the Orinoco River has many unusual features. Natural History 73:34-41.
19. SCHWARTZKOPF, L., AND R. J. BROOKS. 1987. Nest-site selection and offspring sex ratio in painted turtles, Chrysemys picta. Copeia 1987:53-61.
20. SHINE, R., AND P. S. HARLOW. 1996. Maternal manipulation of offspring phenotypes via nest-site selection in an oviparous lizard. Ecology 77:1808-1817.
21. TAYLOR, J. A., AND D. TULLOCH. 1985. Rainfall in the wet-dry tropics: extreme events at Darwin and similarities between years during the period 1870-1983 inclusive. Australian Journal of Ecology 10:281-295.
22. VOGT, R. C., AND J. J. BULL. 1984. Ecology of hatchling sex ratio in map turtles. Ecology 65:582-587.
23. WEBB, G. J. W., D. CHOQUENOT, AND P. J. WHITEHEAD. 1986. Nests, eggs, and embryonic development of Carettochelys insculpta (Chelonia: Carettochelydidae) from northern Australia. Journal of Zoology, London 1B:521-550.
24. WILSON, D. S. 1998. Nest-site selection: Microhabitat variation and its effects on the survival of turtle embryos. Ecology 79:1884-1892.