Against oversimplifying the issues on relocating turtle eggs.
Translocating sea turtle eggs at risk from high tides to safer places is one of the most widely undertaken conservation measures on behalf of these species. Recent research work has shown that individual female turtles differ in their nest-site preferences. If more of the nests saved by translocation come from turtles with tendencies to lay near the water, might this perhaps interfere with natural selection? This possibility adds to the controversy already surrounding relocation of turtle nests.
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Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, 25 Willcocks Street, M5S 3B2, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. mro@zoo.utoronto.ca
D000818:Animals; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D005260:Female; D009425:Nesting Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D014426:Turtles / Q000502:physiology*; D015053:Zygote