Hawksbill × loggerhead sea turtle hybrids at Bahia, Brazil: where do their offspring go?
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Hawksbill × loggerhead sea turtle hybrids at Bahia, Brazil: where do their offspring go?
Hybridization between hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) and loggerhead (Caretta caretta) breeding groups is unusually common in Bahia state, Brazil. Such hybridization is possible because hawksbill and loggerhead nesting activities overlap temporally and spatially along the coast of this state. Nevertheless, the destinations of their offspring are not yet known. This study is the first to iden...
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عنوان ژورنال: PeerJ
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2167-8359
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.255