The seven species of sea turtles occupy a diversity of niches, and have a history tracing
back over 100 million years, yet all share basic life‐history features, including exceptional …

The evolution of female promiscuity poses an intriguing problem as benefits of mating with
multiple males often have to arise via indirect, genetic, effects. Studies on birds have …

Offspring and breeding (operational) sex ratios (OSR) are a key component of demographic
studies. While offspring sex ratios are often relatively easy to measure, measuring OSR s is …

The female perspective on reproductive strategies remains one of the most active areas of
debate in biology. Even though a single mating is often sufficient to satisfy the fertilization …

Since the first volume of The Biology of Sea Turtles (Lutz and Musick, 1997), studies using
molecular techniques to address a variety of questions about sea turtle biology and life …

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 …

All six species of sea turtles found in US waters are listed as endangered or threatened, but
the exact population sizes of these species are unknown due to a lack of key information …

We examined the mechanism responsible for low reproductive success in leatherback
turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) at Playa Grande, Costa Rica: low egg fertilization versus high …

The adaptive significance of temperature‐dependent sex determination (TSD) in reptiles
remains unknown decades after TSD was first identified in this group. Concurrently, there is …

Molecular studies of sea turtles have shown that the frequency of multiple paternity (MP)
varies between species, and between rookeries of the same species. This study uses …