Understanding high-use areas for highly migratory species and their movements within
these areas may provide insight into behaviors such as foraging and mating. In the Western …

Sea turtles in general are promiscuous breeders, but previous leatherback paternity studies
found only a very low level of multiple paternity or none at all. Three highly polymorphic …

Variation in levels of multiple paternity (MP) among species, populations and individuals has
important ecological and evolutionary ramifications including maintenance of genetic …

Mating systems within the genus Peromyscus have traditionally been inferred from field
observations of spatial relationships of males and females and from laboratory behavioral …

Adult sea turtles have multiple mates, but the frequency of multiple paternity varies between
rookeries and among species. Multiple mating can influence the strength of sexual selection …

Multiple paternity is a common phenomenon among marine turtles. This behavior is
associated with male density and sperm storage in marine species, but no fitness benefits …

Multiple paternity within the same clutch has been detected in all sea turtle species.
However, no study to date has addressed the likelihood of sperm storage across years in …

The post-hatchling stage of a sea turtle's life history has often been referred to as the'lost
years', reflecting the lack of understanding about this phase in their life. Obtaining …

The goal of this study was to assess the consequences of single versus multiple paternity by
identifying paternity of clutches per female to identify whether there were detectable costs or …

Reproductive success is a critical measure of an organism's fitness. Determining
reproductive success in vertebrates is confounded by the concealed mechanism and timing …