The projected rise in global mean sea levels places many freshwater turtle species at risk of
saltwater intrusion into freshwater habitats. Freshwater turtles are disproportionately more …

Defining priorities is important both in research and in conservation, especially when
knowledge gaps are hindering successful management. In this review, we quantify the …

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 …

Sexual size dimorphism (SSD) is a well‐documented phenomenon in both plants and
animals; however, the ecological and evolutionary mechanisms that drive and maintain SSD …

The slider turtle (Trachemys scripta Thunberg in Schoepff, 1792) is native to the USA and
Mexico. Due to the popularity of their colorful hatchlings as pets, they have been exported …

Matrix models and perturbation analyses provide a useful framework for evaluating
demographic vital rates crucial to maintaining population growth. Determining which vital …

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 …

Males and females have divergent reproductive interests arising from their unequal
investments in offspring. This sexual conflict drives an antagonistic arms race that influences …

We studied for the first time the molecular differentiation of all three currently recognized
subspecies of Trachemys scripta, including the morphologically distinct western populations …

The objective of our study was to review and quantify the level of knowledge of the biology of
tortoise and freshwater turtle species of Colombia based on studies conducted in the …