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Changes in mean body size in an expanding population of a threatened species

With some taxa, a reduction in the mean size of individuals may reflect over-harvesting and/or trophy hunting. However, we show that in sea turtles, a reduction in the mean size of breeding individuals may be part of the good news story of an expanding population. We describe a 70-fold increase in a...

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Autores principales: Hays, Graeme C., Taxonera, Albert, Renom, Berta, Fairweather, Kirsten, Lopes, Anice, Cozens, Jacquie, Laloë, Jacques-Olivier
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9174726/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35673864
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.0696