Mixed and uniform brood sex ratio strategy in turtles: The facts, the theory, and their consequences

Biology of Turtles: From Structures to Strategies of Life

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 279-300

  Hulin, Vincent ^a   Girondot, Marc ^b   Godfrey, Matthew H ^c   Guillon, Jean Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781420004977     Document Type: Chapter

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