Climate change and temperature-dependent sex determination: Can individual plasticity in nesting phenology prevent extreme sex ratios?

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 826-834

  Schwanz, Lisa E ^a,b   Janzen, Fredric J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; NESTING; PHENOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TURTLE; WARMING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENDER AND SEX; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MALE; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SEX RATIO; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; SEASONS; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX RATIO; TURTLES;

CHRYSEMYS; CHRYSEMYS PICTA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 55549106438     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/590220     Document Type: Article

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