Sea turtle nesting as a process influencing a sandy beach ecosystem

Biotropica

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 758-765

  Madden, Derek ^a,b,c   Ballestero, Jorge ^a   Calvo, Carlos ^a   Carlson, Robert ^a   Christians, Elaine ^a   Madden, Erinn ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MJC Biology Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Beach ecology; Ecosystem engineer; Olive ridley turtle; Playa Ostional; Turtle eggs

Indexed keywords

AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BEACH; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; EGG PREDATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FLY; FUNGUS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MORTALITY; NESTING BEHAVIOR; TURNOVER; TURTLE; UPWELLING;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; GUANACASTE; OSTIONAL BEACH;

ACARI; AGONIDAE; CALLIPHORIDAE; CHELONIIDAE; FUNGI; LEPIDOCHELYS OLIVACEA; SARCOPHAGIDAE; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 54249162373     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2008.00435.x     Document Type: Article

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