The interplay of homing and dispersal in green turtles: a focus on the southwestern Atlantic

E Naro-Maciel, ACV Bondioli, M Martin… - Journal of …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Current understanding of spatial ecology is insufficient in many threatened marine species,
failing to provide a solid basis for conservation and management. To address this issue for …

Paternity Analysis of Wood Turtles (Glyptemys insculpta) Reveals Complex Mating Patterns

C Bouchard, N Tessier, FJ Lapointe - Journal of Heredity, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Mating system characteristics are of great importance as they may influence male and
female reproductive success and reproductive isolation. The wood turtle (Glyptemys …

Reconstruction of paternal genotypes over multiple breeding seasons reveals male green turtles do not breed annually

LI Wright, WJ Fuller, BJ Godley, A McGOWAN… - Molecular …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
For species of conservation concern, knowledge of key life‐history and demographic
components, such as the number and sex ratio of breeding adults, is essential for accurate …

Mating system, multiple paternity and effective population size in the endemic flatback turtle (Natator depressus) in Australia

K Theissinger, NN FitzSimmons, CJ Limpus… - Conservation …, 2009 - Springer
In recent years, genetic studies have been used to investigate mating systems of marine
turtles, but to date no such research has been conducted on the flatback turtle (Natator …

[HTML][HTML] Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) genetic diversity at Paranaguá Estuarine Complex feeding grounds in Brazil

JC Jordão, ACV Bondioli, FM Guebert… - … and Molecular Biology, 2015 - SciELO Brasil
Sea turtles are marine reptiles that undertake long migrations through their life, with limited
information regarding juvenile stages. Feeding grounds (FGs), where they spend most of …

Contextualising the last survivors: population structure of marine turtles in the Dominican Republic

C Carreras, BJ Godley, YM Leon, LA Hawkes… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Nesting by three species of marine turtles persists in the Dominican Republic, despite
historic threats and long-term population decline. We conducted a genetic survey of marine …

Population genomic analysis reveals high inbreeding in a Hawksbill turtle population nesting in Singapore

RHY Tiong, J Dacanay, A Uchida, AS Desai, N Kalsi… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Seven species of marine turtles remain in a world currently threatened by anthropogenic
activities and climate change, standing at the precipice of extinction. Urgent conservation …

Production of male hatchlings at a remote South Pacific green sea turtle rookery: conservation implications in a female-dominated world

JO Laloë, J Monsinjon, C Gaspar, M Touron, Q Genet… - Marine Biology, 2020 - Springer
Sea turtles have temperature-dependent sex determination, with males being produced at
low incubation temperatures and females at high temperatures within the thermal range for …

Dispersal of green turtles from Africa's largest rookery assessed through genetic markers

AR Patrício, A Formia, C Barbosa… - Marine Ecology …, 2017 - int-res.com
Marine turtles are highly migratory species that establish multiple connections among distant
areas, through oceanic migration corridors. To improve the knowledge on the connectivity of …

The leatherback turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, exhibits both polyandry and polygyny

JL Crim, LD Spotila, JR Spotila, M O'Connor… - Molecular …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
The leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) is an endangered species, and world‐wide
populations are declining. To understand better the mating structure of this pelagic and …