Temperature-dependent sex determination and global change: are some species at greater risk?

Oecologia

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 493-506

  Hulin, Vincent ^a   Delmas, Virginie ^a,b   Girondot, Marc ^a,b,c   Godfrey, Matthew H ^d   Guillon, Jean Michel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

Global warming; Pivotal temperature; Sex ratio; Transitional range of temperature; Turtles

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; EGG PRODUCTION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXTINCTION RISK; GLOBAL CHANGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TURTLE;

TESTUDINES;

EID: 67349232765     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1313-1     Document Type: Article

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