Invertebrate infestation on eggs and hatchlings of the loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta, in Dalaman, Turkey

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3721-3730

  Katılmış, Yusuf ^a   Urhan, Raşit ^a   Kaska, Yakup ^a   Başkale, Eyup ^a  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Caretta caretta; Ecology; Insect infestation; Nest; Pimelia Dalaman beach; Turkey

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; EGG PARASITOID; INVERTEBRATE; NEST; PARASITE INFESTATION; TURTLE;

DALAMAN; EURASIA; MUGLA; TURKEY;

CARETTA CARETTA; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; PIMELIA; TENEBRIONIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33846084870     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-004-1235-5     Document Type: Article

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