Buried treasure—marine turtles do not ‘disguise’ or ‘camouflage’ their nests but avoid them and create a decoy trail

After laying their eggs and refilling the egg chamber, sea turtles scatter sand extensively around the nest site. This is presumed to camouflage the nest, or optimize local conditions for egg development, but a consensus on its function is lacking. We quantified activity and mapped the movements of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Burns, Thomas J., Thomson, Rory R., McLaren, Rosemary A., Rawlinson, Jack, McMillan, Euan, Davidson, Hannah, Kennedy, Malcolm W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2020
Materias:
Organismal and Evolutionary Biology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7277256/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32537227
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.200327

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7277256/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32537227
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.200327

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