More than half of turtle species worldwide are threatened because of habitat loss, invasive
species, environmental pollution, disease, unsustainable use, and global climate change …

After more than 200 million years as a unique evolutionary group, persisting in the great
extinction that ended the reign of dinosaurs, many species of turtles are now increasingly …

Turtles are one of the most imperiled vertebrate groups in the world. With habitat destruction
unabated in many places, urban and suburban greenspaces may serve as refugia for turtles …

There is increasing recognition of the importance of incorporating detection probabilities in
herpetological surveys (MacKenzie et al. 2002, Mazzerolle et al. 2007). This information is …

Commercial turtle harvest is cited as being a major influence of turtle population declines. In
Missouri, little is known about the demographics of harvested turtle populations. The three …

Since 2007 the Turtle Survival Alliance-North American Freshwater Turtle Research Group
(NAFTRG) has surveyed aquatic turtles in Volusia Blue Spring State Park, Orange City …

We examined turtle populations occupying eight artificial ponds in Westmoreland County,
southwestern Pennsylvania, USA. Beginning in 2005, we used sardine-baited hoop-nets to …

We conducted a mark-recapture study on snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina) at the
headwaters of the San Marcos River, Hays County, Texas. The site is within a highly …

Urban development is a global threat to native wildlife. The process of urbanization reduces
and degrades the useable habitat of a region, and creates novel “urban ecosystems” that …

Fundamental questions in ecology and conservation require reliable data about population
size and structure. For freshwater turtles, such data are often obtained via mark–recapture …