The freshwater pond turtle, Emys orbicularis, has recently suffered from population declines
throughout its range, mainly due to habitat destruction. The mating strategies of this species …

Abstract Characterization of a species mating systems is fundamental for understanding the
natural history and evolution of that species. Polyandry can result in the multiple paternity of …

La tortue grecque (Testudo graeca) est une espèce terrestre chez laquelle il ya souvent des
accouplements multiples. Nous avons évalué la probabilité de paternités multiples dans 15 …

Genetic analyses of nuclear DNA (eg, microsatellites) are a primary tool for investigating
mating systems in reptiles, particularly marine turtles. Whereas studies over the past two …

Abstract The Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico contains some of the largest breeding groups of
the globally distributed and critically endangered hawksbill turtle (E retmochelys imbricata) …

Investigating the mating system of a population provides insight into the evolution of
reproductive patterns, and can inform conservation management of threatened or …

Female sea turtles are promiscuous, with clutches of eggs often sired by multiple males and
rates of multiple paternity varying greatly within and across species. We investigated levels …

Despite the long debate of whether or not multiple mating benefits the offspring, studies still
show contradictory results. Multiple mating takes time and energy. Thus, if females fertilize …

Hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata), which are distributed throughout the world's
oceans, have undergone drastic declines across their range, largely due to anthropogenic …

The leatherback turtle Dermochelys coriacea is the most widely distributed sea turtle species
in the world. It exhibits complex life traits: female homing and migration, migrations of …