Effects of climatic conditions on sex ratios in nests of broad-snouted caiman

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 293, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 243-251

  Simoncini, M S ^a,b   Cruz, F B ^c   Larriera, A ^b   Pina C I ^a,b,d  

^a Centro de Investigaciones Cientificas de Diamante   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

^c INIBIOMA ^*  (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ENTRE RÍOS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Caiman latirostris; Climate change; Nesting; Sex determination; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BIRD; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FEMALE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GLOBAL WARMING; NEST; NESTING; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO;

CAIMAN; CAIMAN LATIROSTRIS;

EID: 84905035348     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jzo.12140     Document Type: Article

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