Is cool egg incubation temperature a limiting factor for the translocation of tuatara to southern New Zealand?

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 90-99

  Besson, Anne A ^a   Nelson, Nicola J ^b   Nottingham, Cathy M ^a   Cree, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Conservation; Egg relocation; Sphenodon; Temperature dependent sex determination

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; EGG; ENDEMIC SPECIES; INCUBATION; LIMITING FACTOR; NEST; POPULATION GROWTH; RARE SPECIES; REPTILE; SEX DETERMINATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TRANSLOCATION;

COOK STRAIT; MARLBOROUGH; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; STEPHENS ISLAND;

EID: 83755174417     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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