Land use patterns skew sex ratios, decrease genetic diversity and trump the effects of recent climate change in an endangered turtle

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1425-1437

  Reid, Brendan N ^a   Peery, M Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Genetic diversity; Land use; Sex ratios; Temperature dependent sex determination; Turtles

Indexed keywords

TESTUDINES;

EID: 84916227855     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12243     Document Type: Article

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