Deforestation: Risk of sex ratio distortion in hawksbill sea turtles

Ecological Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 923-931

  Kamel, Stephanie Jill ^a   Mrosovsky, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Deforestation; Eretmochelys imbricata; Hawksbill; Nesting habitat; Sea turtle; Sex determination; Sex ratio; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BEACH; DEFORESTATION; INCUBATION; PHENOTYPE; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; SEX RATIO; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TURTLE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX RATIO; TREE; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; SEX RATIO; TREES; TURTLES;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GUADELOUPE; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; LESSER ANTILLES;

CHELONIIDAE; ERETMOCHELYS; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33745994605     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: 10510761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2006)016[0923:DROSRD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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