Climate change and marine turtles

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 137-154

  Hawkes, Lucy A ^a,d   Broderick, Annette C ^a   Godfrey, Matthew H ^b,c   Godley, Brendan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^d BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation management; Global warming; Phenology; Range; Sea level rise; Sea turtle; Sex ratio; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GLOBAL WARMING; LITERATURE REVIEW; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NICHE BREADTH; PHENOLOGY; RANGE SIZE; SEX RATIO; SITE SELECTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TURTLE;

CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 68149181419     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00198     Document Type: Review

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