Methods of estimating natural sex ratios of sea turtles from incubation temperatures and laboratory data

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 147-155

  Mrosovsky, Nicholas ^a   Kamel, S J ^b   Diez C E ^c   van Dam, R P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales   (United States)

^d Chelonia   (United States)

Author keywords

Hawksbill; Incubation duration; Sea turtle; Sex ratio; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; ESTIMATION METHOD; HATCHING; INCUBATION; LABORATORY METHOD; PREDICTION; SEX RATIO; TURTLE;

ANTIGUA; ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; LESSER ANTILLES; MONA ISLAND; PUERTO RICO; SOUTH AMERICA;

CHELONIIDAE; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 70349254161     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00200     Document Type: Article

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