Craig Moritz is at the Dept of Zoology and Centre for Conservation Biology, The University of
Queensland, Qld 4072, Australia. w riting in the first issue of TREE, Ryder'brought the term …

This document reviews the salient and current literature on the biology of the green turtle,
Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) including taxonomy, distribution, physiology, morphology …

Phylogeography is a discipline concerned with various relationships between gene
genealogies—phylogenetics—and geography. The word “phylogeography” was coined in …

A fully updated guide to the increasingly prevalent use of molecular data in ecological
studies Molecular ecology is concerned with how molecular biology and population genetics …

There is increasing evidence for variation in rates of nucleotide substitution among divergent
taxonomic groups. Here, we summarize published rate data and show a strong relationship …

Patterns of variation in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) increasingly are being investigated in
threatened or managed species, but not always with clearly defined goals for conservation …

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 …

Geographical surveys of genetic variation provide an indirect means of tracing movements
made between marine populations by larvae and other propagules. Genetic markers can …

While fidelity to breeding sites is well demonstrated in marine turtles, emerging knowledge
of migratory routes and key foraging sites is of limited conservation value unless levels of …

The causes of speciation in the sea are rarely obvious, because geographical barriers are
not conspicuous and dispersal abilities or marine organisms, particularly those of species …