The “information age” ushered in an explosion of knowledge and access to knowledge that
continues to revolutionize society. Knowledge about turtles, as measured by number of …

Over 9000 articles have been published on turtles and tortoises (excluding sea turtles) since
1950 according to the Web of Science, including over 8000 contained in a personal …

The classification of the American box turtles (Terrapene spp.) has remained enigmatic to
systematists. Previous comprehensive phylogenetic studies focused primarily on …

Cryptic or undescribed species pose a major problem in conservation biology. Managing
multiple unresolved taxa collectively as a single entity could precipitate the loss of …

A previous mtDNA study indicated that female-mediated gene flow was extremely rare
among alligator snapping turtle populations in different drainages of the Gulf of Mexico. In …

Based on a thorough review of the literature, we provide a bibliography of papers featuring
phylogenetic hypotheses for living turtles, a composite tree of all turtle species based on …

Dispersal and nesting philopatry are two processes that affect the connectivity, evolution,
and long-term viability of populations, and thus have important conservation implications for …

Broadly speaking, turtles are represented by five families, 13 genera and 15 species in
Pakistan, with freshwater turtles belonging to two families, six genera and eight species …

The evolutionary viability of an endangered species depends upon gene flow among
subpopulations and the degree of habitat patch connectivity. Contrasting population …

Widely distributed species often display intraspecific morphological variation due to the
abiotic and biotic gradients experienced across their ranges. Historically, in many vertebrate …