Distorting gene pools by conservation: Assessing the case of doomed turtle eggs

Environmental Management

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 523-531

  Mrosovsky, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Doomed eggs; Individual differences; Nest site preference; Relocation; Sea turtles; Stabilizing selection

Indexed keywords

DOOMED EGGS; INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES; NEST-SITE PREFERENCE; SEA TURTLES; STABILIZING SELECTION;

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLOODS; WATER;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

WATER;

BEACH; EGG DEVELOPMENT; NEST SITE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TURTLE;

DESTRUCTION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLOODING; GENE POOL; LIFE CYCLE; MORTALITY; NESTING; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEASHORE; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; OVIPOSITION; OVUM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; TURTLES;

CHELONIIDAE; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33748971361     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-005-0348-2     Document Type: Review

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