Estimating the sex ratio of loggerhead turtle hatchlings at Mon Repos rookery (Australia) from nest temperatures

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 57-64

  The Chu, Cuong ^a   Booth, David T ^a   Limpus, Colin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTIMATION METHOD; NESTING SUCCESS; SAND; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO; TURTLE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MON REPOS; QUEENSLAND;

CARETTA CARETTA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 49949119057     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO08004     Document Type: Article

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