Population level "flipperedness" in the eastern Pacific leatherback turtle

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 135-138

  Sieg, Annette E ^a   Zandonà, Eugenia ^a   Izzo, Victor M ^b   Paladino, Frank V ^c   Spotila, James R ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dermochelys coriacea; Flipperedness; Free ranging population; Leatherback turtle; Motor asymmetry; Population level lateralization; Spontaneous behavior

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COSTA RICA; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; EGG LAYING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HINDLIMB; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HINDLIMB; NESTING BEHAVIOR; OVIPOSITION; TURTLES;

EID: 70350211855     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2009.08.023     Document Type: Article

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