Does predator swamping promote synchronous emergence of turtle hatchlings among nests?

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-40

  Tucker, John K ^a   Paukstis, Gary L ^b   Janzen, Fredric J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b Iowa State University ^*  (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Hatchling behavior; Natural selection; Predation risk; Survivorship; Synchrony; Turtle

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BODY SIZE; MIGRATION; NATURAL SELECTION; NEST; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR; SURVIVORSHIP; SYNCHRONY; TURTLE;

TESTUDINES; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA ELEGANS;

EID: 38149102505     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arm097     Document Type: Article

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