Sea turtle species vary in their susceptibility to tropical cyclones

Oecologia

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 471-478

  Pike, David A ^a   Stiner, John C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Canaveral National Seashore   (United States)

Author keywords

Caretta caretta; Chelonia mydas; Climate change; Dermochelys coriacea; Erosion

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GLOBAL CHANGE; NESTING; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYMPATRY; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TURTLE; VULNERABILITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISASTER; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; NESTING; OVIPARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS; TIME; TROPIC CLIMATE; TURTLE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FLORIDA; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; NATURAL DISASTERS; NESTING BEHAVIOR; OVIPARITY; TIME FACTORS; TROPICAL CLIMATE; TURTLES;

CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; DERMOCHELYIDAE; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 34547763198     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0732-0     Document Type: Article

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