… More specifically, we sought to assess levels of polygamy for both males and females, gain
… Although a previous three-year study on leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) in the …

… Croix, US Virgin Islands, exhibit visible variation in individual body … into the benefits, or lack
thereof, of polyandry in sea turtles. … However, if genetic input from one or both parents are the …

… in hypotheses ranging from polyandry having benefits to … harassed by males (convenience
polyandry), then there should be … of two different species, loggerhead and leatherback turtles, …

… Leatherback turtle hatchlings exhibit variation in body size at Sandy Point National Wildlife …
three body metrics between leatherback sea turtle hatchlings from two different fathers but the …

… leatherback turtles nesting at Playa Gandoca in Costa Rica, which is part of the Atlantic Costa
Rican leatherback … 22.22%), which had mated with two to three different males. The results …

… that mature male leatherbacks exhibit seasonal residency … Fine-scale analyses of fisheries
interactions in both coastal … -use habitat for both mature male and female turtles prior to …

… Sea turtles exhibit highly migratory behavior and spend most of … sea turtles, this study
presents the first evidence of polygyny for loggerheads globally and the first record of polyandry for …

… (Dermochelys coriacea), and the green sea turtle (Chelonia … monogamy (one male mates
with one female), polygyny (… , so it is likely marine turtles exhibit a mixed mating system model. I …

… sea turtle mating systems have demonstrated that polyandry is much more common than
polygyny in sea turtles… ) than both loggerhead turtles (t-test, T = 3.04, df = 9, p > 0.05) and green …

… Indeed, marine turtle populations contain individuals that exhibit varying degrees of nest-…
For all runs, we allowed for both female and male polygamy and chose the highest setting for …