Table 3 Summary of the demographic parameters used in the present study.

From: Sporadic nesting reveals long distance colonisation in the philopatric loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta)

 

Nest temperature

28 °C

29.1 °C

29.3 °C

29.5 °C

31.0 °C

33.0 °C

Reference

I d

Incubation duration (days)

63

54

53

52

47

43

55,73

O f

Percent female in offspring (%)

0

25

50

75

100

100

73

E s

Emergence success (%)

90

90

90

90

75

10

55

E n

Mean eggs per nest

112

112

112

112

112

112

104

C y

Mean number of clutches per year

3

3

3

3

3

3

104

S m

Survival to maturation (%)

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

96

M a

Age of maturation (year)*

24/29

24/29

24/29

24/29

24/29

24/29

54

S a

Annual survival for adults (%)

80.9

80.9

80.9

80.9

80.9

80.9

105,106

T r

Duration of reproductive stage (years)

23–35

23–35

23–35

23–35

23–35

23–35

96,106

  1. Six different temperatures during the middle third of the incubation were considered. Some of the parameters were assumed to be constant in the range of temperatures considered. *First value for turtles of Mediterranean origin and second value for turtles of Atlantic origin.
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