Investigating the potential impacts of climate change on a marine turtle population

Global Change Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 923-932

  Hawkes, L A ^a,b   Broderick, A C ^a   Godfrey, M H ^b   Godley, B J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b Bald Head Island Conservancy   (United States)

^c North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

Caretta caretta; Climate change; Loggerhead turtle; Temperature dependant sex determination; Warming

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HATCHING; INCUBATION; MORTALITY; NESTING SUCCESS; PHENOLOGY; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TURTLE;

BALD HEAD ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 34247612371     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01320.x     Document Type: Article

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