Inter-seasonal maintenance of individual nest site preferences in hawksbill sea turtles

Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2947-2952

  Kamel, Stephanie J ^a   Mrosovsky, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavioral polymorphism; Eretmochelys imbricata; Hawksbill sea turtle; Nest site choice; Plasticity; Preference; Sea turtle; Sex ratio; Temperature dependent sex determination

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; MATERNAL CARE; MICROHABITAT; NEST SITE; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION SIZE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO; SHORELINE; TURTLE; VEGETATION COVER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLUTCH SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GUADELOUPE; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWIMMING; TREE; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; BATHING BEACHES; CLUTCH SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GUADELOUPE; LINEAR MODELS; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PLANTS; TREES; TURTLES;

CHELONIIDAE; ERETMOCHELYS; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33845412892     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 00129658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[2947:IMOINS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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