Sampling error for hatchling turtle measurements: Probing a rule-of-thumb

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 4, 2008, Pages 889-896

  Whiting, Andrea U ^a   Chaloupka, Milani ^b   Limpus, Colin J ^c  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HATCHING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NESTING; SAMPLING; TURTLE;

CHELONIIDAE; NATATOR; NATATOR DEPRESSA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 58149398303     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/CH-07-194     Document Type: Article

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