Incubation temperatures and sex-ratios in the Malaysian leatherback turtle Dermochelys coriacea
Sex-ratio studies on the leatherback turtles of the Rantau Abang Turtle Sanctuary reveal that incubation of eggs in an open-air beach hatchery produced predominantly female hatchlings, while indoor incubation at average temperatures not exceeding 29·21°C and at 30·4°C produced 100% male and female h...
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Elsevier Science
1995
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/115632/1/115632.pdf http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/115632/ https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/0006320795000272 |
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