Nest protection through egg relocation from natural nests into protected hatcheries is a
common practice used at rookeries around the world to increase hatchling recruitment into …

Influence of incubation temperature on sex determination, hatchling size, and residual yolk
in Podocnemis unifilis were studied under natural and laboratory conditions. Nest …

Abiotic and biotic factors influencing leatherback turtle hatching success were investigated
at Tortuguero, Costa Rica from March through September during the 1990 and 1991 nesting …

Reproductive output of leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) is affected by the
stochastic nature of emergence success. Average emergence success of nests at Playa …

Hawksbill turtles are considered Critically Endangered. An understanding of how nest
microenvironment (moisture and temperature) and maternal characteristics can influence …

Temperatures that prevail during the incubation of eggs in reptile nests can have a profound
influence, not only on rate of development and duration of incubation (Yntema, 1978), but …

Alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) populations have declined across much
of the southeastern United States in recent decades, due at least in part to overcollection …

Nest site selection for individual leatherback sea turtles, Dermochelys coriacea, is a matter
of dispute. Some authors suggest that a female will tend to randomly scatter her nests to …

This study provides morphometric characteristics of early pelagic stage post-hatchling
loggerheads in the northwestern Atlantic. We investigated whether differences in temporal …

Introduction: Sea turtles have temperature dependent sex determination. The increase in
global temperature leads to higher nest temperatures that can cause a prevalence of …