A comparison of non-surgical methods for sexing young gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus)

Many turtle species have temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD), raising the prospect that climate change could impact population dynamics by altering sex ratios. Understanding how climate change will affect populations of animals with TSD requires a reliable and minimally invasive method of...

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Главные авторы: Kevin J. Loope, David C. Rostal, M.A. Walden, Kevin T. Shoemaker, Elizabeth A. Hunter
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Язык:English
Опубликовано: PeerJ Inc. 2022-06-01
Серии:PeerJ
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Online-ссылка:https://peerj.com/articles/13599.pdf