Predicting the impacts of climate change on a globally distributed species: The case of the loggerhead turtle

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 901-911

  Witt, M J ^a   Hawkes, L A ^b   Godfrey, M H ^c   Godley, B J ^a   Broderick, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Marine turtles; Predictive modelling

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPERATURE; TURTLE;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; MARINE BIOLOGY; NESTING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; SEAWATER; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TEMPERATURE; TURTLES;

CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 77649227328     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.038133     Document Type: Article

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