Museum collections are critical to contemporary biological research, but museum
acquisitions have declined in recent decades, hampering researchers' ability to use …

Covering all facets of the biology of a little-known genus, Peter V. Lindeman's lavishly
illustrated Map Turtle and Sawback Atlas is both a scientific treatise and an engaging …

The origin of sexual size dimorphisms (SSD) has long been a central topic in evolutionary
biology. However, there is little agreement as to which factors are most important in driving …

Several studies have shown that wetland loss and habitat fragmentation can alter diversity
and abundance of herpetofauna, but taxonomic attention has been skewed towards …

Urbanization fundamentally alters the abiotic and biotic components of landscapes,
presenting wildlife with serious challenges to which they must respond in order to avoid …

Our study focuses on the spatial ecology and seasonal habitat use of two aquatic turtles in
order to understand the manner in which upland habitat use by humans shapes the aquatic …

Urbanization is one of the most rapidly expanding forms of habitat alteration worldwide.
Wildlife differs in their responses to urbanization depending upon species and site‐specific …

Resource partitioning is one of the most intensely studied issues in ecology since the mid-
1900s, nonetheless this issue has never been examined in detail for several important …

It is generally accepted that bottom-dwelling turtles have a higher ectoparasite load than
turtles that bask aerially because of effects of desiccation on ectoparasites, especially with …

Turtles are long-lived organisms that require high survivorship to maintain stable
populations. Additionally, turtles are thought to be particularly susceptible to negative effects …