Although the large majority of the lives of leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) and
other sea turtle species are spent at sea, terrestrial reproduction is a requirement imposed …

Suriname beaches support a major nesting colony of leatherback turtles. During the 1999–
2005 nesting seasons, we collected data on nesting ecology and identified individual turtles …

The nesting population of leatherback sea turtles at the Sandy Point National Wildlife
Refuge (SPNWR), Sandy Point, St. Croix, US Virgin Islands, has been comprehensively …

The leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) is the largest extant turtle species and
belongs to the monophyletic family Dermochelyidae. Leatherback turtles display many …

Few studies on marine turtles focus on the variation in reproductive performance of
individual females. Here, I use a long-term data set (1986–present) that describes the …

Despite facing serious threats of extinction in the Eastern Pacific, the leatherback turtle
(Dermochelys coriacea) appears to be thriving in the Atlantic basin based on increasing nest …

The global population of leatherback sea turtles is decreasing worldwide, with extinction
predicted for some populations within 15 years. The population of leatherbacks nesting at …

The trade-off between current and future reproduction plays an important role in
demographic analyses. This can be revealed by the relationship between the number of …

Maternal investment in reproduction by oviparous non-avian reptiles is usually limited to pre-
ovipositional allocations to the number and size of eggs and clutches, thus making these …

The biology of the endangered leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) at sea is poorly
understood. As research has been almost exclusively limited to studies of nesting females …