Following perturbations like commercial harvests, turtles are susceptible to population
declines because of life history characteristics such as long generation times, low …

Abstract Macrochelys temminckii (Alligator Snapping Turtle) was petitioned for federal listing
as threatened under the Endangered Species Act in 2012 as a result of population declines …

We conducted a mark-recapture study of Alligator Snapping Turtles, Macrochelys
temminckii, on Salado Creek (Independence Co., Arkansas) during 10 trapping seasons …

High harvest rates during the 1900s led to declines of Macrochelys temminckii (Alligator
Snapping Turtle) throughout much of its range. Recent research to determine the status of …

ABSTRACT A mark-recapture project on Macrochelys temminckii was conducted between
1997 and 2000 at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Muskogee and Sequoyah counties …

Freshwater megafauna populations, which are declining worldwide, are well known but
often overlooked and understudied compared with marine and terrestrial megafauna. One …

The conservation of large, long-lived turtle species can be a challenging issue because their
life-history strategies make populations sensitive to changes in adult survivorship and …

Exploited for food, traditional medicine, and pets, many turtle populations have been over-
harvested or even extirpated from historic ranges. Most turtles possess life-history …

Six sites that were sampled for alligator snapping turtles in 1993–1994 were resampled in
2009 at the same locations where previous researchers trapped. Significantly fewer alligator …

Habitat loss through urbanization is an important threat to many wildlife species. While some
species thrive in suboptimal urbanized conditions, many species appear to be incapable of …