Influence of nest location and yolkless eggs on the hatching success of leatherback turtle clutches in French Guiana

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 908-915

  Caut, Stéphane ^a   Guirlet, Elodie ^a   Jouquet, Pascal ^a   Girondot, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; DEHYDRATION; ECOLOGY; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

HATCHING; TURTLE NESTS; YOLKLESS EGGS;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

DEHYDRATION; EGG; EGG PRODUCTION; HATCHING; NEST SITE; PREDATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SITE SELECTION; TURTLE;

FRENCH GUIANA; SOUTH AMERICA;

DERMOCHELYIDAE; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33750218462     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z06-063     Document Type: Article

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