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 …

Population viability at extreme sex-ratio skews produced by temperature-dependent sex determination

GC Hays, AD Mazaris… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
For species with temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD) there is the fear that rising
temperatures may lead to single-sex populations and population extinction. We show that 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 …

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 …

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 …

Breeding periodicity for male sea turtles, operational sex ratios, and implications in the face of climate change

GC Hays, S Fossette, KA Katselidis… - Conservation …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Species that have temperature‐dependent sex determination (TSD) often produce highly
skewed offspring sex ratios contrary to long‐standing theoretical predictions. This ecological …

Field-measured heritability of the threshold for sex determination in a turtle with temperature-dependent sex determination

SE McGaugh, RM Bowden… - Evolutionary Ecology …, 2011 - evolutionary-ecology.com
Problem: For temperature-dependent sex determination to respond to selection, there
should be genetic variance underlying the threshold that switches development from a male …

Climate change and temperature-dependent sex determination: can individual plasticity in nesting phenology prevent extreme sex ratios?

LE Schwanz, FJ Janzen - Physiological and Biochemical …, 2008 - journals.uchicago.edu
Under temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD), temperatures experienced by
embryos during development determine the sex of the offspring. Consequently, populations …

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 …

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 …