Annual variation in clutch size and frequency for loggerhead turtles, Caretta caretta, nesting at Little Cumberland Island, Georgia, USA

NB Frazer, JI Richardson - Herpetologica, 1985 - JSTOR
… A turtle's clutch size and clutch frequency may be defined as … on the size and frequency of
clutches for several turtle species (… conservation and management of sea turtles has led to the …

The relationship of clutch size and frequency to body size in loggerhead turtles, Caretta caretta

NB Frazer, JI Richardson - Journal of Herpetology, 1986 - JSTOR
… Although the maximum possible clutch size may well be determined by a turtle's body size,
we suggest that the optimum clutch size for sea turtles is probably somewhat smaller than the …

[PDF][PDF] Revised clutch frequency estimates for Masirah Island loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta)

AD Tucker, R Baldwin, A Willson… - Herpetological …, 2018 - herpconbio.org
… We found that clutch frequency was independent of female size, which agrees with other
loggerhead studies (Broderick et al. 2003). However, it is best not to isolate on clutch frequency

[PDF][PDF] Clutch frequency for loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) nesting in Kyparissia Bay, Greece

AF Rees, P Theodorou… - … Conservation and Biology, 2020 - herpconbio.org
… (Caretta caretta) nesting aggregation in the Mediterranean Sea. We set out to determine
the clutch frequency (number of clutches laid by a single female in one season) for turtles

Reproductive investment and optimum clutch size of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta)

GC Hays, JR Speakman - The Journal of Animal Ecology, 1991 - JSTOR
Sea turtles may lay several clutches of eggs in a single season. In this paper we develop a
model which predicts the optimum clutch size for sea turtles, drawing on data for loggerheads

Estimating the number of green and loggerhead turtles nesting annually in the Mediterranean

AC Broderick, F Glen, BJ Godley, GC Hays - Oryx, 2002 - cambridge.org
… green turtles and 1.8 and 2.2 for loggerhead turtles (our range of clutch frequency calculated
… –360 green and 2,280–2,787 loggerhead turtles nesting each year in the Mediterranean. …

Variation in clutch size and egg size in the green turtle nesting population at Tortuguero, Costa Rica

KA Bjorndal, A Carr - Herpetologica, 1989 - JSTOR
Seasonal variation in clutch size for loggerhead sea turtles, Caretta caretta, nesting on Little
… Annual variation in clutch size and frequency for loggerhead turtles, Caretta caretta, nesting …

Evaluating the effect of varying clutch frequency in nesting trend estimation of sea turtles

A Mazaris, Y Matsinos, J Pantis - Amphibia-Reptilia, 2008 - brill.com
size and trends by using annual censuses of nesting individuals as a function of the total
number of nests laid and the mean clutch frequency. Thus, we conclude that sea turtle

Nest site fidelity and clutch frequency of loggerhead turtles are better elucidated by satellite telemetry than by nocturnal tagging efforts: implications for stock estimation

AD Tucker - Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 2010 - Elsevier
… by migratory sea turtles. Estimates of site fidelity and clutch frequencies are compared for …
over a 6 km stretch at a southwest Florida loggerhead (Caretta caretta) rookery. Site fidelity …

High frequency of multiple paternity in the largest rookery of Mediterranean loggerhead sea turtles

JA Zbinden, CR Largiadèr, F Leippert… - Molecular …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
… paternity in clutches of loggerhead sea turtles in the … in clutches and body size of females.
More than one father was detected in the clutches of 14 out of 15 females, with two clutches