Global warming facilitates the nesting of the loggerhead turtle on the Mediterranean coast of Spain

L Cardona, J San Martín, L Benito, J Tomás… - Animal …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The ranges of many species are shifting poleward as global warming intensifies, but this
process might be less intense in philopatric species, ie those with the tendency to reproduce …

[HTML][HTML] Colonization of new nesting areas could provide climate refuge to loggerhead turtles under climate change

PS Tomillo, F Pujol, G Félix, V Núñez-Reyes… - Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Climate change can impact regional and global biodiversity for multiple reasons. In sea
turtles, changes in local climate at nesting beaches can affect egg and hatchling survival …

Environmental changes in the Mediterranean Sea could facilitate the western expansion of loggerhead turtles

PS Tomillo, J Tomás, A Marco… - Marine Ecology …, 2022 - int-res.com
Climate change may affect life on Earth in multiple ways. Whereas some populations may
encounter detrimental conditions that cause extirpations, those occupying cooler thermal …

[HTML][HTML] Nesting range expansion of loggerhead turtles in the Mediterranean: Phenology, spatial distribution, and conservation implications

S Hochscheid, F Maffucci, E Abella, MN Bradai… - Global Ecology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Global warming is affecting habitat quality and availability on our planet and some species
are predicted or are by now changing their distribution range. Here we show that …

Do long-term changes in sea surface temperature at the breeding areas affect the breeding dates and reproduction performance of Mediterranean loggerhead turtles …

AD Mazaris, AS Kallimanis, SP Sgardelis… - Journal of Experimental …, 2008 - Elsevier
Global climate change is likely to have an important influence on the phenology, behaviour
and population dynamics of many species. We investigate climatic related changes in the …

Antigua revisited: the impact of climate change on sand and nest temperatures at a hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) nesting beach

F Glen, N Mrosovsky - Global Change Biology, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Whether a turtle embryo develops into a male or a female depends, as with many other
reptiles, on the temperature during incubation of the eggs. With sea turtles, warm …

Climate influences the global distribution of sea turtle nesting

DA Pike - Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To understand whether climate limits current sea turtle nesting distributions and shapes
the ecological niche of the terrestrial life‐history stage of these wide‐ranging marine …

Sea surface temperature variations in core foraging grounds drive nesting trends and phenology of loggerhead turtles in the Mediterranean Sea

AD Mazaris, AS Kallimanis, J Tzanopoulos… - Journal of Experimental …, 2009 - Elsevier
The sea surface temperature (SST) in loggerhead turtle breeding areas affects the species
reproductive biology. Less is known about the effects of changes in SST in the species …

Phenology shifts in leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) due to changes in sea surface temperature

N Neeman, NJ Robinson, FV Paladino… - Journal of Experimental …, 2015 - Elsevier
Sea turtles have responded to climate change in the past, but it is unclear whether they will
be able to respond to the unprecedented rate of anthropogenic climate change. One way to …

Nesting phenologies of two sympatric sea turtle species related to sea surface temperatures

JF Weishampel, DA Bagley, LM Ehrhart… - Endangered Species …, 2010 - int-res.com
As ectotherms, sea turtles are particularly sensitive to ambient temperature. Because of their
charismatic megafauna and imperiled status, there is considerable interest as to how …