Embryonic death is linked to maternal identity in the leatherback turtle (dermochelys coriacea)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Rafferty, Anthony R ^a   Tomillo, Pilar Santidrián ^b   Spotila, James R ^b   Paladino, Frank V ^c   Reina, Richard D ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLUTCH SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEATH; FEMALE; HATCHING; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NESTING; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEASONAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; TURTLE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; EGG LAYING; MORTALITY; MOTHER; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME;

CHELONIIDAE; DERMOCHELYIDAE; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; MORTALITY; MOTHERS; NESTING BEHAVIOR; OVIPOSITION; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TURTLES;

EID: 79958805317     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021038     Document Type: Article

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