A review of how the biology of male sea turtles may help mitigate female-biased hatchling sex ratio skews in a warming climate

GC Hays, T Shimada, G Schofield - Marine biology, 2022 - Springer
In a warming climate, male sea turtles may become increasingly rare due to temperature-
dependent sex determination with females being produced at warmer temperatures. Hence …

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 …

Different male vs. female breeding periodicity helps mitigate offspring sex ratio skews in sea turtles

GC Hays, AD Mazaris, G Schofield - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2014 - frontiersin.org
The implications of climate change for global biodiversity may be profound with those
species with little capacity for adaptation being thought to be particularly vulnerable to …

Population viability of sea turtles in the context of global warming

AS Maurer, JA Seminoff, CA Layman, SP Stapleton… - …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Sea turtles present a model for the potential impacts of climate change on imperiled species,
with projected warming generating concern about their persistence. Various sea turtle life …

A morphologist, a modeler, and an endocrinologist consider sea turtle sex ratios in a changing climate. Some wine was involved

SS Heppell, J Wyneken, SA Heppell - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Because the sex of sea turtles is determined by temperature during embryonic development,
many populations are vulnerable to increased bias in primary sex ratios as global …

Turtle mating patterns buffer against disruptive effects of climate change

LI Wright, KL Stokes, WJ Fuller… - … of the Royal …, 2012 - royalsocietypublishing.org
For organisms with temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD), skewed offspring sex
ratios are common. However, climate warming poses the unique threat of producing extreme …

Balanced primary sex ratios and resilience to climate change in a major sea turtle population

AR Patrício, A Marques, C Barbosa… - Marine Ecology …, 2017 - int-res.com
Global climate change is expected to have major impacts on biodiversity. Sea turtles have
temperature-dependent sex determination, and many populations produce highly female …

When population-advantageous primary sex ratios are female-biased: changing concepts to facilitate climate change management in sea turtles

P Santidrián Tomillo - Climatic Change, 2022 - Springer
Sea turtles have temperature-dependent sex determination. Because females are produced
at high temperatures, increasing global temperature may lead to population feminization …

Key parameters describing temperature-dependent sex determination in the southernmost population of loggerhead sea turtles

L Woolgar, S Trocini, N Mitchell - Journal of experimental marine biology …, 2013 - Elsevier
All marine turtles have temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD), and there is
mounting evidence that climate change has increased sand temperatures at some …

Evidence of adult male scarcity associated with female-skewed offspring sex ratios in sea turtles

GC Hays, JO Laloë, PLM Lee, G Schofield - Current Biology, 2023 - cell.com
Climate change is a clear and present threat to species survival. For species with
temperature-dependent sex determination, including all sea turtles, it has been …