Incubation temperatures and metabolic heating of relocated and in situ loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) nests at a northern rookery

Chelonian Conservation and Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 54-61

  DeGregorio, Brett A ^a   Williard, Amanda Southwood ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Caretta caretta; Cheloniidae; climate change; loggerhead turtle; nest relocation; North Carolina; Reptilia; temperature sex determination; Testudines; thermal buffering

Indexed keywords

CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 79960365237     PISSN: 10718443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2744/CCB-0880.1     Document Type: Article

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