Spatiotemporal variation in Lepidochelys olivacea sea turtle nests and their influence on the abundance and reproductive phenology of the sapro-necrophagous beetle Omorgus suberosus.

Martha L Baena, Carmen Huerta Crespo, Marcela Sánchez Carrillo, Federico Escobar

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Article in Die Naturwissenschaften, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Threats and Vulnerabilities for the Globally Distributed Olive Ridley (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022
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Martha L BaenaInstituto de Investigaciones Biológicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Av. Luis Castelazo Ayala s/n Col. Industrial Ánimas, C.P., 91190, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5684-2771

Carmen Huerta CrespoRed de Ecoetología, Instituto de Ecología, A. C., carretera antigua a Coatepec 351, Col. El Haya, 91073, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2946-949X

Marcela Sánchez CarrilloRed de Ecoetología, Instituto de Ecología, A. C., carretera antigua a Coatepec 351, Col. El Haya, 91073, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico.

Federico EscobarRed de Ecoetología, Instituto de Ecología, A. C., carretera antigua a Coatepec 351, Col. El Haya, 91073, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico. federico.escobarf@gmail.com.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0179-7528

Instituto de Ecología · MXUniversidad Veracruzana · MX

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The olive ridley sea turtle, Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829), nests en masse in the protected natural area of La Escobilla, Mexico. On this beach, Omorgus suberosus (Fabricius, 1775), a sapro-necrophagous beetle, feeds on the sea turtles' decomposing and live eggs and is considered to be a threat for the conservation of L. olivacea. However, the abundance and reproductive phenology of O. suberosus in relation to the spatial and temporal availability of this food resource are unknown. We tested two alternative hypotheses during the 2013-2014 nesting season of L. olivacea: (i) abundance and female reproductive phenology of beetles are determined by the spatial and temporal availability of decomposing eggs that accumulate during the turtle nesting season, and (ii) abundance and female reproductive phenology of beetles are related to the increase in the concentration of seasonal and/or new turtle nests. Twenty-four plots (1 m

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AnimalsColeopteraFemaleMexicoNesting BehaviorPopulation DensityReproductionSeasonsTurtlesZygotePopulation dynamicsResource quantity and qualitySexual female maturation stageTurtle nesting area

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PMID33017032

DOI10.1007/s00114-020-01704-y

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