Reproduction in sea turtles

JD Miller - The Biology of Sea Turtles, Volume I, 2017 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Reproduction in marine turtles (Cheloniidae, Dermochelyidae) occurs within three general
constraints.^ First, nesting must occur during conditions which “are condu cive to adult …

[HTML][HTML] Synopsis of the biological data on the green turtle Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus 1758)

HF Hirth - 1997 - books.google.com
Page 1 89/2: 97(1) BIOLOGICAL REPORT 97(1) AUGUST 1997 SYNOPSIS OF THE
BIOLOGICAL DATA ON THE GREEN TURTLE CHELONIA MYDAS (LINNAEUS 1758) Fish and …

A stage‐based population model for loggerhead sea turtles and implications for conservation

DT Crouse, LB Crowder, H Caswell - Ecology, 1987 - Wiley Online Library
Management of many species is currently based on an inadequate understanding of their
population dynamics. Lack of age—specific demographic information, particularly for long …

Delayed Sexual Maturity and Demographics of Blanding's Turtles (Emydoidea blandingii): Implications for Conservation and Management of Long‐Lived Organisms

JD Congdon, AE Dunham… - Conservation …, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
A study of Blanding's turtles conducted during 27 of the last 37 years provided demographic
data sufficient to examine how life‐history characteristics may constrain population …

The tortoise and the hare: small-game use, the broad-spectrum revolution, and Paleolithic demography

MC Stiner, ND Munro, TA Surovell - Current anthropology, 2000 - journals.uchicago.edu
This study illustrates the potential of small-game data for identifying and dating Paleolithic
demographic pulses such as those associated with modern human origins and the later …

Demographics of Common Snap** Turtles (Chelydra serpentina): Implications for Conservation and Management of Long-lived Organisms

JD Congdon, AE Dunham, RCVL Sels - American Zoologist, 1994 - academic.oup.com
SYNOPSIS. A study of common snap** turtles conducted from 1975 through 1992 in
southeastern Michigan provided sufficient demographic data to examine how life history …

Application of life-history theory and population model analysis to turtle conservation

SS Heppell - Copeia, 1998 - JSTOR
As more reptiles find their way onto endangered species lists, it is increasingly important to
identify management alternatives that can be applied across taxa. I have compared life …

Environmental sex determination in reptiles: ecology, evolution, and experimental design

FJ Janzen, GL Paukstis - The Quarterly review of biology, 1991 - journals.uchicago.edu
Sex-determining mechanisms in reptiles can be divided into two convenient classifications:
genotypic (GSD) and environmental (ESD). While a number of types of GSD have been …

[KNYGA][B] The ecology, exploitation and conservation of river turtles

D Moll, EO Moll - 2004 - books.google.com
The underlying theme of this book is that a widespread, taxonomically diverse group of
animals, important both from ecological and human resource perspectives, remains poorly …

Capital versus income breeding: an ectothermic perspective

X Bonnet, D Bradshaw, R Shine - Oikos, 1998 - JSTOR
Energy storage is an important component of life-history variation. Some organisms ("
income breeders") fuel reproductive expenditure by simultaneous feeding, whereas others (" …