Density-dependent effects on hatching success of the olive ridley turtle, Lepidochelys olivacea

Oecologia

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 221-230

  Honarvar, Shaya ^a   O'Connor, Michael P ^a   Spotila, James R ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arribada; Carbon dioxide; Oxygen; Playa La Flor; Playa Nancite

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENSITY DEPENDENCE; HATCHING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PLAYA; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TURTLE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLUTCH SIZE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TEMPERATURE; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLUTCH SIZE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NESTING BEHAVIOR; OXYGEN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TEMPERATURE; TURTLES;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; PLAYA NANCITE;

LEPIDOCHELYS OLIVACEA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 48149106344     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-1065-3     Document Type: Article

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